New research challenges the view that proteins are the only key to evolution, highlighting the importance of lipids.

Australian and Dutch researchers have uncovered a remarkable evolutionary adaptation in birds that could hold vital clues for ...

Scientists found a genetic link between autism and DM1, where repeat DNA sequences disrupt brain gene splicing. This sheds ...

Using their novel FRESH 3D bioprinting technique, which allows for printing of soft living cells and tissues, a lab has built a tissue model entirely out of collagen.

Nobel laureate David Baker, right, speaks with BioCentury's Simone Fishburn at the Life Science Innovation Northwest ...

Robert Hettich with new mass spectrometry instrumentation at ORNL. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Robert ...

Nearly 150 years ago, scientists began to imagine how information might flow through the brain based on the shapes of neurons ...

Potassium-rich foods can lower blood pressure by aiding kidney function, with effects varying between men and women.

The following is a summary of "ADORA2B promotes proliferation and migration in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and is ...

Collagen is well-known as an important component of skin, but its impact is much greater, as it is the most abundant protein ...

Nature has developed a unique structure as a scaffold for almost all nerve cells: the membrane-associated periodic skeleton ...

Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) are debilitating conditions ...