Cell walls are a crucial structure of plant life, protecting cells from damage, giving plants shape, and containing ...

Scientists have discovered a way to activate a built-in brain cleanup system that may help counter Alzheimer’s disease. By ...

In mouse brain cells, and in follow-up work involving worms and human cortical neurons, the team found that many axons ...

Other foods can keep your digestive system healthy and help your body absorb nutrients. Food molecules consist of proteins, ...

When scientist J. Craig Venter and his team announced in 2010 that they had created the first cell controlled by a fully synthetic genome, it marked a turning point in how scientists think about life.

Missoula County Public School fifth-graders engage in hands-on science field trips with Ripple and University of Montana interns, studying river ecology and measuring water acidity to monitor the ...

A food chemist explains how black garlic is made, and how its health benefits are promising but still under-researched.

Nearly 4,400 fewer U.S. teens and young adults died by suicide than projected in the first two-and-a-half years of the 988 ...

CANCERS ARE real biological cheats. Whereas most of the cells in a healthy animal’s body get along by following the same set of genetic rules, cancer cells shamelessly ignore them. Healthy cells, for ...

Cells aren’t as passive as scientists once thought—they actively create internal currents to move proteins quickly and efficiently. These “cellular winds” push materials to the front of the cell, ...

In “The Hidden Garden,” Ruby Honjol ’29 examines how groundbreaking medical discoveries can flourish while the humanity of the patients behind them remains unseen. Editor’s Note: This article is a ...

Researchers in Japan pioneered reprogrammed cells 20 years ago. Now the country has given the first-ever authorizations to manufacture and sell medical products based on the technology. “We are very ...