For many patients who survive a heart attack, recovery is only the beginning. Structural and functional changes in the heart ...

In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical cancer tumor that killed Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year old African American mother, became an essential tool that helped the biomedical field flourish ...

Some go gently into the night. Others die less prettily in freak accidents or deadly invasions, or after a showy display. By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine Published Sep 27, 2024 8:00 AM EDT This ...

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The GSCN takes on different roles depending on the setting. At public events, it engages students and patients by explaining the complexity of research and the long path to therapies, while in ...

Laboratory automation technologies have revolutionized biomedical research. However, the availability of automation solutions at the single-cell level remains scarce, primarily owing to the inherent ...

A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging. Credit...Photo illustration by Kensuke Koike Supported by By Susan Dominus Why are babies born young? The most ...

I always wanted to understand life. What moves us? What allows us to heal and thrive? And what goes wrong when we get sick or when we eventually stop breathing and die? My search for answers to these ...

No one saw the blob takeover coming. In 2009 a team of biophysicists led by Anthony A. Hyman of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, were studying ...