A hidden structure inside the cell is rewriting how scientists understand leukemia. Beneath the microscope, what looked like ...

James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist ...

New study combines a novel approach using patterned optogenetics with electrophysiology, circuit mapping, and computational ...

The brain does not need its sophisticated cortex to interpret the visual world. A new study published in PLOS Biology demonstrates that a much older structure, the superior colliculus, contains the ...

Susan Lois Hamilton, chair of the Department of Integrated Physiology, received her Ph.D. in biophysics from the University ...

Scientists from Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and ...

Plant a seed and, if the conditions are right, the seed grows. The process seems simple enough at first glance and is something many of us may feel like we learned in elementary school.

Scientists have discovered that human stomach cells can be genetically reprogrammed to act like pancreatic beta cells and ...

Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insufficient production of the hormone insulin by cells in the pancreas called beta cells and ...

When exposed to cold, the human body quickly switches into survival mode. It prioritizes heat retention and protecting vital ...