New treatments based on biological molecules like RNA give scientists unprecedented control over how cells function. But ...

Your organs are constantly talking to each other in ways we’re only beginning to understand. Tapping into these communication ...

A needle-thin, flexible brain implant is giving researchers a new way to interact with multiple brain regions simultaneously.

Rice bioengineer Antonios Mikos is part of a team of researchers led by the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine ...

Researchers note that toxin appeared to concentrate its effects within tumour tissue and did not cause any harmful ...

Neural tissue normally dies quickly without oxygen. Yet bird retinas—among the most energy-demanding tissues in the animal kingdom—function permanently without it. This may be relevant in future ...

When nutrients run low, hair follicle stem cells can stop making hair and help repair the skin instead. A drop in the amino acid serine triggers this switch, accelerating wound healing.

The rising incidence of cancer worldwide has led to an increasing number of surgeries that involve the removal of lymph nodes ...

The brain and vagus nerve play a key role in exacerbating tissue damage after a heart attack, but there are ways to block it.

A new type of brain implant may have implications for both brain research and future treatments of neurological diseases such ...

Adequate and healthy nutrition is important during the postpartum time to support wound healing, hormone balance, energy, ...