Scientists have uncovered genetic variation in the unexplored DNA of the photosynthetic and energy factories of Arabidopsis ...

The picture of human evolution has changed repeatedly and dramatically over the past half century, shaped by waves of new ...

Radioisotopes are a vital resource for imaging patients’ organs and tumors—but these unstable elements also suffer from an ...

Researchers from the Organoid group (previously Clevers group) at the Hubrecht Institute have developed a new organoid that ...

Nov. 26, 2024 — Scientists have shed new light on how certain biological processes determine the development of neural cells. Their findings on a molecular 'bridge' complex demonstrate a new ...

Mesenchymal stem cells are multipotent adult stem cells that are present in multiple tissues, including umbilical cord, bone marrow and fat tissue. Mesenchymal stem cells can self-renew by ...

Over time, technological advances made it easier to study the microbiota, and in 1977, the famous ratio of one human cell for ...

The story of life on Earth is deeply intertwined with the evolution of photosynthesis, a process that transformed the ...

Cell adhesion is the process by which cells form contacts with each other or with their substratum through specialized protein complexes. Intercellular adhesion can be mediated by adherens ...

A precancerous cell is a cell with certain abnormalities that makes it more likely to become cancerous. These abnormalities don't mean that it will become cancer—in fact, most don't—but the diagnosis ...