New studies show that astrocytes, long thought to be support cells in the brain, are crucial intermediaries for relaying messages to neurons.

Miniature organs on a chip could allow us to do scientific studies with great precision, without having to resort to animal testing. The main problem, however, is that artificial tissue needs blood ...

In biomedical research, so-called organs-on-a-chip, also referred to as microphysiological systems, are becoming increasingly ...

For Novak Djokovic, this is a relatively easy call. He thinks the French Open is making a mistake by eschewing the electronic line-calling used at most big tennis tournaments.

A study by researchers at the Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, the Structural Biology research group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and IBiTech–BioMMedA Group of Ghent ...

The opioid crisis has made it even more urgent to come up with novel approaches to treating suffering. Finally there’s ...

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Somatic hypermutation (SHM) of immunoglobulin variable (V) regions modulates antibody-antigen affinity is initiated by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) on single-stranded DNA (ssDNA).

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Rather than being like battery chargers, mitochondria are more like the motherboard of the cell.

After revisiting the 280+ episodes of this beloved Cartoon Network series, we've narrowed down a list of the 15 best ...

A baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is growing and thriving after getting an experimental gene editing ...