Nanoparticles are widely used in medicine to deliver drugs, genes or imaging agents to specific parts of the body. Once a ...

Unlike computer code that sits on a device and does what it's told, lab-engineered genes can multiply on their own. While ...

Modern genetic research is “pushing the boundaries of what’s possible” by bringing extinct animals back to life, but could it ...

Hiroshima University researchers have demonstrated a proof of concept for the mass production of genome-edited T cells that ...

University of Minnesota researchers created SpudCell, the first bottom-up synthetic cell that feeds, grows, replicates DNA and divides.

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...

For centuries, humanity has wrestled with a profound question: what truly separates non-living matter from actual, breathing ...

The 1935 Packard Twelve marked a major milestone in automotive history as one of the first V12 production cars, showcasing ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed what they describe as the world’s ...

From simple chemicals to a cell-like system that grows and reproduces, researchers have crossed a major milestone. The ...

Researchers have spent decades—and billions of dollars—sequencing animal and crop genomes, but fungi have historically been the forgotten middle child of genomics, only noticed when they're ruining ...

Scientists estimate that at least 24 species go extinct every day, but Colossal Biosciences, a biotechnology and genetic ...