Scientists have built an artificial neuron that’s so realistic it fires, learns, and responds to chemical signals just like the real thing – a breakthrough that could transform computing, medicine, ...

Eggcelsior! Scientists have made a landmark breakthrough that enables the creation of viable human egg cells from a skin cell, new research claims. The study, published in Nature Communications, ...

Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive.

Human skin cells may one day be used to create functional human eggs in a step toward helping women have their own genetic children when their natural eggs are dysfunctional, according to very early ...

Scientists created the eggs using DNA from adult skin cells, a step that could someday potentially lead to new ways to treat ...

A team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has announced the creation of an artificial neuron with ...

University of Warwick research demonstrates how to engineer "cell factories" that last longer and produce more chemicals, ...

First, they obtained egg cells from volunteers and removed their nuclei. They then harvested skin cells from other volunteers ...

It all started with the idea of finding a better way to monitor genes. Plant biologists have traditionally employed various techniques to precisely track how information coded in DNA is converted into ...

To explore possible treatments for various diseases, either animal models or human cell cultures are usually used first; ...

Laertis Ikonomou, PhD, associate professor of oral biology, is the principal investigator of a two-year, $435,167 R21 grant ...

Antibiotic resistance has become one of the most pressing threats to global health. Infections once treatable with a simple ...