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

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Scientists at EPFL have created a scalable 3D organoid model that captures key features of early limb development, revealing ...

Young sea urchins spread neuron-rich tissue across their bodies. A new atlas shows complex neural and light sensing networks.

Automated lung organoid production offers scalable, human-based models for testing therapies and accelerating lung disease ...

A biocomputer harnesses biologically derived materials, such as DNA, proteins, or living tissue (e.g., lab-grown neurons), to ...

Researchers are turning human brain cells into tiny biocomputers. Here’s what the tech can actually do, what’s hype, and the ...

By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

This article explores how the role of regulatory T cells in immunological self-tolerance evolved from skepticism to Nobel ...