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Tuan Vo-Dinh, left, and Molly Gregas are researchers at Duke University. (Credit: Duke University Photography) From Science Daily: ScienceDa...

From Science News: Just as proper storage keeps a loaf fresh longer, adequate packaging may be a key to cellular longevity, reports a study ...

Modelling the neuron as little more than a simple on/off switch is a big mistake (Image: Dan Webber) From The New Scientist: LATE at night o...

Metaphase in a human cervical carcinoma (HeLa) cell. Chromosomes (red), microtubules (green). (Credit: Jason Swedlow, University of Dundee) ...

Image: Death of a tumor: This PET scan, taken just days after radiation therapy, shows a hot spot of cell-death activity in a brain tumor--a...

Image: Cellular transformation: A cocktail of three genes can transform skin cells into neurons (shown here in red). Credit: Thomas Vierbuc...

Lee Rubin, director of translational medicine at HSCI and the other senior author on the research team, said that "our goals were to tr...

Professor Justin St John, who has left the UK for Australia (left); Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, of the MRC, which turned down one licence-holder...

Figure 1. A 53-year-old patient experiencing sporadic discomfort undergoes a coronary angiogram. The results are ominous. Severe stenosis (n...

Cell-to-cell variability in clathrin-mediated endocytosis (green signal) is determined by local cell density. (Credit: Image courtesy of ETH...

Collections of a few protocells connected by shared membranes penetrated by pores (a) can be used in groups to perform as electronic devices...

Shown in green are genetically-corrected fibroblasts from Fanconi anemia patients are reprogrammed to generate induced pluripotent stem cell...

Image: An embryo treated with RNA interference to delay the onset of cell polarization. At the beginning of the process, P granules (green)...

Rat neuron with a micropipette inserting mRNAs directly onto the cell. After laser photoporation the mRNA goes into the cell and the TIPeR-i...

Computer-rendered image of human organs. New research suggests that bioengineered replacement organs may be closer thanks to a newly develop...

This photo, provided by ProtoLife, shows vesicles, artificial membranes for cells, made from scratch. Teams around the world, including Prot...

Pleodorina starrii has an incomplete division of labor. Although the 12 small cells near the top of this colony only swim, the 20 larger cel...

Going From One Cell Type to Another Without Using Stem Cells -- Wired Science In an unprecedented flourish of genetic alchemy, scientists us...