Scientists say they want to starting growing human bodies, or "bodyoids," to "reduce animal testing, improve drug development ...

Extracts made from parts of the cashew plant that are usually thrown away when the nuts are processed commercially were found ...

It may be disturbing to characterize human bodies in such commodifying terms, but the unavoidable reality is that human ...

Concepts encoded by concept neurons can be an animal, an article of clothing, a place, or a person. The concept can be evoked ...

Scientists at Goethe University uncover how the oldest enzyme in cellular respiration functions – opening the door to ...

Scorpion venom contains different toxins that scientists are studying for their ability to target cancer cells and treat ...

Unorthodox biologist Michael Levin says cognition lies on a spectrum and that what humans perceive as consciousness could ...

A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — ...

UCSC scientists have used CRISPR to develop programmable embryoids that can be used to study early embryo development and ...

"These cells co-develop together, just like they would in an actual embryo, and establish that history of being neighbors," ...

Scientists have found a way to study early embryonic development without real embryos. Using CRISPR, they programmed stem cells to self-organize into structures mimicking early embryos. The cells show ...