In most developing tissues, signals called morphogens act like lighthouses, guiding nearby cells toward their fate and ...

A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child ...

In a successful transplant in a man with brain death, scientists prevented the immune system from attacking a genetically ...

Aranyak Goswami, an assistant professor of computational biology, will talk Wednesday about decoding the gut-brain connection to neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression, autism and schizophrenia ...

Many animals exhibit distinct traits of shyness, risk aversion, and caution as opposed to boldness and fearlessness. While these traits aren’t necessarily positive or negative, in certain contexts, ...

As neural implant technology and A.I. advance at breakneck speeds, do we need a new set of rights to protect our most ...

Study shows aging tissues resist tumors even as mutations accumulate. Reveals why cancer rates decline after 85 and opens treatment paths.

Gut microbes are essential partners that help digest food, produce vitamins and train the immune system. They can also pass ...

Aging brings about a range of changes—often unwelcome—to our bodies: sagging skin, graying or thinning hair, and a decline in muscle strength and ...