After injury, the visual system can recover by growing new neural connections rather than replacing lost cells. Researchers found that surviving eye cells formed extra branches that restored ...

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and ...

A clump of human brain cells can play the classic computer game Doom. While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world ...

A single dose of stem cells can help older people with frailty to build up their endurance, a study finds 1. The study’s authors say that the results offer the strongest evidence so far for an ...

Hedge fund BVF added 650,000 shares of Disc Medicine in the fourth quarter. The quarter-end position value rose by $51.62 million as a result. The Disc Medicine stake accounts for 1.74% of BVF's 13F ...

iMSC1 iPSCs cultured on Matrigel, then switched to α-MEM with 10% FBS and 10 µM SB431542 for 14 days, followed by expansion in α-MEM without SB431542 iMSC2 iPSCs were directly switched to α-MEM ...

One major point of differentiation from other active ingredients is that stem-cell skin-care products aren’t necessarily filled with live stem cells. Rather, they have “collections of exosomes and/or ...

Among elite athletes exists an even more exclusive club: people who compete at both the Summer and Winter Games. Many are sprinters who turn to bobsled. By Heather Knight Reporting from Cortina ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones. By Carl Zimmer A flurry of new studies ...

A study conducted by Penn State University researchers has revealed that organic solar cells could be strengthened by adding a chemical additive, making them suitable for large-scale deployment and ...

Nucleotide synthesis—the production of the basic components of DNA and RNA—is essential for cell growth and division. In most animal cells, this process depends closely on properly functioning ...