The lab-made cell can grow, copy its DNA, and divide but cannot survive independently or be considered fully alive, ...

The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

Scientists at the University of Minnesota Wednesday announced that they created synthetic cells from non-living chemicals ...

A tiny blob in a dish has pushed one of biology’s oldest questions into new territory: When does inanimate chemistry become ...

Scientists have built a synthetic cell from scratch in a world-first breakthrough that paves the way for creating entirely ...

A research team at the University of Greifswald's Research Training Group RTG-PRO "Proteases in pathogen and host: importance in infection and inflammation" has discovered a new mechanism by which ...

A Harvard-led breakthrough may have brought one of medicine's more futuristic ideas much closer to reality: using living bacteria as tiny drug factories inside the body without letting them spread to ...

As Californians head out for the three-day Memorial Day weekend, a pair of reports released in May shed light on the state of waterways in the state that may give holidaymakers pause before wading ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed an anti-cancer therapy inspired by bacteria found in cancer tumors. When tested in combination with radiation in animal models of ...

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a potentially curative therapy for patients with blood cancers or other conditions like aplastic anemia or sickle cell disease. While lifesaving, this ...

A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging. Credit...Photo illustration by Kensuke Koike Supported by By Susan Dominus Why are babies born young? The most ...