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

Scientists from the University of Minnesota say they have created the first-ever synthetic cell built entirely from scratch, ...

Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuel ...

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 ...

Every time a cell copies its DNA, parts of the genome are exposed and vulnerable to damage or errors. Molecular biologist ...

Mary-Dell Chilton, Ph.D., an American pioneer in plant sciences known as the “Queen of the Agrobacterium,” died on June 24, ...

Interferon receptor knockout chickens uncover how type I and III interferons differentially shape avian antiviral immunity and influenza disease outcomes.

WEE1 functions as a checkpoint gatekeeper; inhibition forces cell-cycle progression despite unrepaired DNA damage, leveraging tumor replication stress and p53/repair deficits to induce mitotic ...

Human skin is constantly rebuilding itself. Every few weeks, the outermost layers shed and are replaced by new cells pushed up from the base. For decades, scientists believed this renewal depended ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a previously unrecognised role for the cancer-associated ...

Scientists have discovered that a gene normally considered a DNA-protecting "good guy" can become dangerous when cells make too much of it. The gene, EXO1, acts like molecular scissors that help ...

Cells have evolved careful checks to ensure DNA is copied only once, but how they switch on replication at the right moment ...