If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

Lab grown models of embryos, made from clusters of stem cells, are getting increasingly complex. Ethicists, regulators and ...

In a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, optometrist Holly Chinnery and her colleagues at the University of Melbourne challenged this consensus by reporting the ...

An interdisciplinary team of scientists has developed a technology to decode immune cell communication. By measuring ...

The Human Cell Atlas’ overarching goal is to create a fine-grained picture of a healthy individual, along with an understanding of how that picture differs and changes throughout life - with the ...

Cancer cells mount an instant, energy-rich response to being physically squeezed, helping them to repair DNA damage and ...

The discovery, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, redefines current understanding of the immune cell landscape in the cornea of a healthy human eye. It ...

Stem cells in immune-privileged sites in the body use multiple mechanisms to inhibit or prevent immune responses against them. This protection is necessary because if the immune system recognizes ...