Scientists in Austria are studying live human brain cells and comparing them to those of mice. Their findings raise questions ...

At some point during the evolution of life on Earth, inorganic matter became organic, nonliving matter became living. How ...

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Human eggs are some of the most patient cells in the body, lying dormant for decades until needed. A study published in The EMBO Journal shows that the cells deliberately slow the activity of their ...

Scientists have successfully grown over 400 different types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab—a groundbreaking step toward replicating the complexity of the human brain.

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg and ETH Zurich have created the first integrated map detailing the metabolic and molecular changes in human blood ...

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Move over, wrinkle creams—caffeine may hold the key to a longer life.

Scientists use gene editing to correct harmful mitochondrial mutations in human cells by Public Library of Science edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

The cells are similar to those found in mice and humans, except that the lizard version can make muscle tissue from scratch, which the mouse and human versions cannot, he says.