UCSF researchers are using tiny "mini-organs" to model disease, personalize treatment, and understand human development. They ...

For centuries, humanity has wrestled with a profound question: what truly separates non-living matter from actual, breathing ...

Scientists captured malaria's invasion structure in atomic detail, revealing how it actively reshapes red blood cell ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team has developed a method that can be used to study the interaction of viruses with host cells in unprecedented ...

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

Created from 150 components, including lipids, ribosomes, enzymes, and DNA, in the lab. At the core of the design are 36 ...

This cell-like structure can grow, feed, divide and compete. Researchers ponder what it means for the future of synthetic ...

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

A recent study published in Cell Death & Disease suggests that specific cellular abnormalities in the brain associated with ...

Engineers have developed a new way to monitor how tiny lab-grown human heart tissues beat—by effectively "listening" to the ...

The mechanical process of cell division exerts powerful, if microscopic, forces. How do the molecular machines that power it ...

Scientists say the technology represents an important step towards more versatile nanorobots, which are increasingly being ...