Research led by the SickKids Research Institute in Toronto and the University of Pennsylvania, has found that immune-related ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

Researchers have discovered a rare new type of diabetes that affects babies early in life. The condition is caused by changes ...

Gene expression reveals that different types of human cell can work as a unit. These cellular modules, found in several tissues, change during disease. However, suitable computational methods are ...

The study, published in British scientific journal Nature, suggests that the disease may begin in basal stem cells — ...

In the battle against type 1 diabetes (T1D), one researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is leading a ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far surpassing previous efforts that produced only a few dozen. By ...

New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

Teeth function not only because of the hard enamel on the surface, but also because they have roots that anchor them firmly ...