Smithsonian researcher Sarah Johnson studies bison specimens to understand how the species’s genetic diversity changed after ...

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 ...

To model bacterial life, Thornburg and his colleagues turned to one of its simplest examples: a bacterial cell with a ...

All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected ...

Weight loss is notoriously hard to maintain. Within a few years most people regain the pounds they initially lose, whether through dieting, exercise, surgery or weight-loss medications such as the ...

Our single-celled ancestor lived in a world without plants, animals or oxygen-rich oceans. Yet, this seemingly simple ...

Geoffroy Laumet receives funding from US NIH and DoD CPMRP. He is a member of the US Association for the Study of Pain. Pain is something most people experience after an injury, whether from a ...

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Airspan Networks Holdings LLC (“Airspan”), a leading global provider of wireless network solutions, today announced the launch of AirUnity Small Cells, a next-generation ...

Tokyo-based K Pharma Inc. and Nikon Cell Innovation Co. on Tuesday signed a basic agreement on a new clinical trial project using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to treat spinal cord injuries.

Norton Healthcare is opening a new islet cell lab to treat chronic pancreatitis and research a cure for Type 1 diabetes. The first phase will treat pancreatitis by transplanting a patient's own islet ...

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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 ...