Rice lab pioneers an assembly kit for synthetic sense-and-respond circuits in human cells. Rice University bioengineers have ...

A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed ...

Breakthrough study in Nature Materials reveals DNA nanorafts reshape synthetic cells for controlled membrane dynamics and ...

UMD researchers have discovered key mechanisms in gene regulation that could improve the design of RNA-based medicines.

Lung cancer is a particularly challenging form of cancer. It often strikes unexpectedly and aggressively with little warning, ...

Understanding how cells transform into specialized types during human development is a central challenge in biology. This ...

UCSF scientists discover how cancer cells hijack the protein factory of the cell to churn out MYC protein, the driver of 70% ...

By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a small, elusive, and often overlooked cellular appendage.

Danés, principal investigator of the Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Lab at the Champalimaud Foundation, in Lisbon, has shown ...

Understanding how cells transform into specialized types during human development is a central challenge in biology. This complex process, known as cell differentiation, holds the key to understanding ...