MIT researchers discovered that the genome’s 3D structure doesn’t vanish during cell division as previously thought. Instead, ...

Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can ...

For centuries, scientists have marveled at salamanders’ ability to regrow entire limbs, but exactly how they do it has ...

Harvard University researchers announced an ambitious, privately funded plan Tuesday to create human stem cell lines from cloned embryos, an ethically charged endeavor that could yield treatments for ...

Even after decades of research, biologists are still uncovering surprises about the human body. A team of researchers from the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have ...

La Jolla, Calif.-based Salk Institute and Boston-based Harvard Medical School researchers identified a protein complex that demonstrates how viruses infect host cells. 1. The researchers found a ...