Multicellularity is one of the most profound phenomena in biology, and relies on the ability of a single cell to reorganize itself into a complex organism. It underpins the diversity in the animal ...

Scientists now believe life began long before LUCA. Older organisms, now vanished, passed on vital genetic tools. These 'pre-LUCA' ancestors developed complex biological functions. LUCA inherited ...

One of the greatest mysteries of our planet is how a soup of lifeless chemicals transformed into the first living cell. There are several competing theories about where this happened, from frozen ...

King's College London researchers have created a unique collection of human stem cell models that could help to uncover why ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones—from fish and frogs to ...

Researchers have identified a biological mechanism that helps explain why some lung and ovarian cancers become resistant to ...

A new study from Caltech explores the remarkable way a SoCal beetle infiltrates the colonies of the ant that runs the show in ...

Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...

The incidence of severe maternal morbidity remains high among patients with sickle cell disease, but a novel risk calculator ...

Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

Collaborative Nature Communications study with The University of Queensland, Yale School of Medicine, and Nucleai examines how tumor cell positioning and glucose use predict which NSCLC patients ...

DUBAI, 7th February, 2026 (WAM) -- The fourth Dubai Stem Cell Congress commenced today, bringing together more than 500 healthcare professionals, researchers, and specialists, alongside 26 leading ...