From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.

Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuel ...

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...

A new form of CAR T-cell therapy has been designed to find and destroy the cancer-driving stem cells responsible for a group of blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), while ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to grow specialized blood vessel cells critical to retinal health for the first time. When injected into mouse ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...

For nearly half a century, scientists have known that malaria parasites force their way into human red blood cells through a ring-shaped structure called the moving junction. What no one could work ...

Blind people could one day regain their sight after lab-grown cells restored retinal function in mice, according to a ...

Biomedical engineers use iPSCs to grow specialized retinal endothelial cells, successfully regenerating damaged eye blood ...

The breakthrough shows promise for new eye therapies, say American scientists. Biomedical engineers at Duke University, North ...

A California-based company says it has created the world's first early-stage human egg cells from stem cells using lab-grown ...

What previously required months or years of specialised lab work can now be done in hours or days thanks to its integrated platform. View on euronews ...