As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.

Researchers have developed a human intestinal cell model that closely mimics the structure and function of the human gut, enabling more precise prediction of drug-induced gastrointestinal toxicity ...

Can the bend of a banana give us insight into cancer? What does the shape of a rice grain have to do with infertility? The ...

Stanford researchers have combined two microscopy techniques to create a one-of-a-kind instrument that can show cell ...

How do biological cells join forces to form a structure? In her Ph.D. research, Daphne Nesenberend uses mathematics to show ...

6 core challenges that researchers must consider as the race to create models that are ever closer to real human embryos heats up.

A new study led by researchers from VIB and KU Leuven shows that immune cells called microglia can actively promote the formation of plaques in Alzheimer's disease, challenging the long-standing view ...

In A Nutshell Researchers at Tokyo University of Science developed a method to create fluorescent, irregularly shaped ...

More than 10,000 Americans are waiting for a liver transplant. Many more never make the list, because they are too sick to ...

A new computational tool infers changes occurring at the ends of the chromosomes housing our DNA. It does so by detecting ...

Scientists have reported a laboratory culture system that can regenerate hair follicles in vitro with functional features normally seen only in living tissue, including follicle downgrowth, hair ...

Researchers have developed a high-tech system that rapidly scans ants and converts them into detailed 3D models. Using a synchrotron accelerator, X-ray imaging, robotics, and AI, the team scanned ...