Lab-grown heart muscles transplanted into a human for the first timeThe procedure could significantly reduce the need for heart transplants.By R. England, 01.29.2020
Researchers can track cell development through 'genetic barcodes'Your humanity could soon be machine-readable.By A. Tarantola, 08.09.2018
AI offers a new way to look inside living human cellsScientists have called it a 'game changer'.By R. England, 05.10.2018
Advanced microscope shows cells at work in incredible 3D detailA new technique let scientists spy on immune cells in their natural state. By S. Dent, 04.20.2018
Scientists get closer to replicating human spermResearchers have passed an important milestone in understanding sperm creation.By R. England, 01.02.2018
Scientists find a much faster way to classify our cellsThe technique may lead to new ways of spotting and treating diseases.By S. Dent, 08.21.2017
Stem cell therapy makes sterile mice fertile againStem cells from the ovaries of young mice were implanted into older, sterile mice. Six out of eight subsequently got pregnant.By D. Cooper, 05.22.2017
Scientists find a way to make cells respond to stimuliThis can help determine how cancer cells develop into tumors. By A. Gilyadov, 07.22.2016
Artificial cell membranes could lead to more effective drugsThey grow and shape themselves like the real thing.By J. Fingas, 07.18.2016
Family of Henrietta Lacks finally gets rights to her cells, 62 years after they were takenBy T. O'Brien, 08.08.2013