Getting it over the finish line was a labor of love—and now, more than five years after her death, the lab of former Sloan ...

Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of their brief lives burrowed, head-first, in our hair ...

But research suggests that there may be another important factor: genetics.  Professor Shannon Kelleher of the Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences Department is partnering with Associate Professor ...

Structural biology has long been a leader in open data culture; the Protein Data Bank (PDB), Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB), and Biological Magnetic ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell.

Researchers at NYU College of Dentistry have uncovered what may be biologically driving oral health issues unique to Down syndrome. Their study, published in Cell Reports, describes a molecular ...

Scientists uncovered how jellyfish heal wounds within minutes without leaving scars - a repair mechanism that could inspire new treatments.

Every year, bacteria kill more than a million people worldwide through infections that no longer respond to antibiotics. In ...

A novel study has found that obesity is associated with a distinct molecular program driving the transition from early-stage, ...

Diapause is one of the most remarkable adaptive strategies evolved by insects to survive predictable periods of environmental adversity. By integrating ...

Researchers at Umeå University show that the protein METTL3 helps breast cancer cells spread. By regulating the release of ...

What do Botox, rat poison, weight-loss drugs and a fictional murder investigation have in common? At the University of Nevada ...