Instead of using slaughtered animals, lab-grown meat is made by carefully removing a few muscle cells from a living animal. The pain is typically relieved with local anesthesia. The animal ...

It can ensure more cells are collected, and more diversity is saved.” The current rapid loss of wildlife and ecosystems is sometimes referred to as the “sixth mass extinction.” As animal ...

For a debt collector, Tim is also surprisingly good with a sword. When it arrives, you'll be able to select from 14 roles "lives" (covering all sorts of jobs such as a carpenter) as you explore a ...

Bioengineers at the University of Pittsburgh may have developed a new solution with the help of some of nature's best engineers—stem cells. Leveraging these cells' ability to create a ...

In an incredible feat that redefines biological boundaries, scientists have successfully engineered animal cells that are capable of photosynthesis. This breakthrough, led by Professor Sachihiro ...

Animal and plant cells have different energy-producing structures inside them. For animals, that’s mitochondria , which convert chemical energy from food into a form that our cells can use.

In the early days, scientists used animal cells. But they later realized that these cells can harbor other undesirable animal viruses, which would then contaminate the vaccine. For instance ...

In a paper published late last month in the journal BioScience, researchers propose assembling a box full of cryopreserved cells from a diverse range of animal species—then sending it to a ...

Northwestern University scientists have developed a cell-free bioactive material comprising ... and colleagues reported in PNAS on their study in the large animal model. Their paper is titled ...

This is the first time that cultivated meat—no-slaughter meat with real animal cells grown in bioreactors—has been sold at retail anywhere in the world. This novel meat has previously been ...

By a unanimous vote, the Upshur County Commissioners Court voted not to make a historical exhibit out of the jail cell that housed serial rapist and murderer Jerry Walter “Animal” McFadden ...