Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a breakthrough in synthetic biology.

Protein aggregates are associated with the development of diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. These are found more ...

Your intestine completely rebuilds its inner lining every few days—one of the fastest renewal processes in the human body.

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

One of the fundamental biological processes in life is the cell cycle leading from DNA replication to cell division. While it has been studied for decades and our knowledge has matured, sophisticated ...

The curing sickle cell through gene therapy story is a long way from being written. But it’s for sure that it has not gone ...

After speedrunning a series of major manufacturing milestones in the past year and a half, the “biotech floodgates” have ...

We all start from a single cell, the fertilized egg. From this cell, through a process involving cell division, cell differentiation and cell death a human being takes shape, ultimately made up of ...