A team led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a genome-scale reference map that details ...

The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

Researchers have developed a way to program human cells to perform calculations and make autonomous decisions, similar to how ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...

Scientists engineered human cells to perform binary calculations using genetic circuits, advancing cell therapies and ...

By freezing your own healthy blood stem cells in your 20s, thawing them and undergoing a stem cell transplant in your 40s or ...

(Juan Gartner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) The human immune system has evolved an incredible ability to fight off ...

In an interview, synthetic biologist Peter Carr explains research on synthetic cells, their potential benefits and hazards, ...

Widely recognized as the face of food poisoning, salmonella bacteria lurk in raw meat and poultry, on pets and in ...

Jock, 42, was one of the oldest silverbacks in the UK Sperm cells from a 42-year-old gorilla could bring the promise of new ...