Canine induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells possess the ability to differentiate into any type of cell, making them a useful ...

Female praying mantises are notorious for eating their mates during or after sex. Now, scientists have discovered a dwarf ...

Researchers have found a way to control protein levels inside different tissues of a whole, living animal for the first time.

A team from the Institute of Integrative Cell Biology and Physiology at the University of Münster has now shown that the ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Brain organoids are revolutionising research, but their growing complexity raises unsettling ethical questions.

There may be good reasons to object to using animals as living organ factories, including welfare concerns. But the rationale behind the NIH ban that human cells could make pigs too human rests on a ...

Scientists and regulators have long acknowledged the weaknesses in traditional methods used to identify drugs that may harm ...

Light-sensitive stem cells let bristleworms grow their eyes for life, shedding new light on how vision evolved.