Scientists have for the first time captured the moment a heart begins to form from embryonic stem cells. In astonishing ...

The Human Cell Atlas, developed by an international consortium of cytologists, molecular biologists, and data scientists, uses single-cell RNA sequencing, high-dimensional cytometry, and computational ...

Horses honed skills such as running, jumping and pulling as humans bred and trained them for various purposes over millennia.

The gene-environment interaction of colon cancer and aspirin is unusual. It involves a mutation at a single location in the genome that has a big effect on colon cancer risk. The past 25 years of ...

New research shows that the gum disease bacterium P. gingivalis can slip into the bloodstream and infiltrate the heart. There, it quietly drives scar tissue buildup -- distorting the heart's ...

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) plans to initiate phase 1 clinical trial of Capricor's ...

Can we continue a creative life after death — and should we? They're questions you'll come face-to-face with as you walk past ...

Voltage-gated calcium channels are associated with numerous diseases.  A new research group led by Nadine Ortner from the ...

The Danish drugmaker has acquired exclusive rights outside Japan to Heartseed's HS-001 therapy based on heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) derived from human stem cells, and is due to start the ...

Research shows kefir benefits gut health due to its probiotic content, but it may also help regulate blood sugar, strengthen ...

Blood type’s influence extends far beyond compatibility for blood donations, affecting the body through multiple biological ...