Cells can spontaneously change shape even without external signals, but the underlying mechanisms behind this form of ...

Scientists claim they have developed world’s first man-made cell that can eat and grow - It was built from non-living ...

A video of SpudCell - a synthetic cell assembled entirely from non-living chemical components - containing both a genome and ...

SpudCell can feed, divide, and even outcompete its siblings. It's not truly alive, its creator tells us, but it could still transform the bioengineering world ...

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...

The prostate is the single organ most frequently afflicted by cancer in men. Prostate cancer affects approximately 4 million ...

Several specialists in the field consider the announcement to be a significant advancement for synthetic biology, although they emphasize the need to interpret it with caution, as the work has not ...

The mechanical process of cell division exerts powerful, if microscopic, forces. How do the molecular machines that power it ...

How does a single cell build a brain with billions of precisely organized neurons? Researchers suggest that brain cells use ...

Full-body defense does not always look the way textbooks say it should. In planarian flatworms, a newly identified cell type ...

Traditional cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy can induce immunogenic cell death (ICD), but their efficacy ...

ICSE board has released the official syllabus for classes 9 to 12 to help students prepare for the board exams. Students can ...