University of Virginia scientists discover new cell organelle called "hemifusome" that helps manage cellular recycling.

A new organelle has been found by scientists at the University of Virginia (UVA). The super-small specialized structure has a ...

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers in the Netherlands have successfully edited harmful mutations ...

The Synthetic Human Genome (SynHG) Project, launched on the 25th anniversary of the mapping of the human genome, is being ...

Like all complex organisms, every human originates from a single cell that multiplies through countless cell divisions.

A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain's memory center, the hippocampus, ...

Every day, our bodies perform around 330 billion cell divisions to keep us alive and functioning. These divisions rely on the ...

Audible sound can affect gene activity in mouse cells, boosting the attachment of muscle precursors to surrounding tissue and ...

The same deadly fungus is now being looked at as a potential cancer treatment. The therapy detailed in this new study is a ...

An ambitious new research project, SynHG (Synthetic Human Genome), is aiming to develop the foundational and scalable tools, ...