Researchers have found that targeted delivery of messenger RNA (mRNA) can restore sperm production and fertility in ...

A team led by HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow Shan Meltzer has created a detailed, cell-by-cell map of the spinal cord that offers a new framework for understanding chronic pain and provides a powerful new ...

Touch—the first sense to develop in the womb—is fundamental to our bodily experience and our everyday lives. Yet, as the least studied of the five senses, it remains somewhat mysterious at the ...

Building functional human muscle in the laboratory has long been a goal of regenerative medicine, but one stubborn obstacle ...

Auditory illusions, like how a word begins to sound meaningless when repeated, offer clues into the structure of language.

Immune cells must strike a delicate balance between persistence and performance, especially in the hostile environments created by cancer and chronic infection. New research has uncovered genetic ...

Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. These medications are mirror-image versions of the molecules your body uses to fight disease. Their big advantage is that ...

Illumina on Tuesday unveiled what it calls the world’s largest functional cell dictionary that, when paired with artificial intelligence, will help accelerate drug discovery. Dubbed the Billion Cell ...

MIT engineers have challenged a core idea in biology by showing that epigenetic memory is not simply binary. Their research reveals cells don’t just lock genes in an “on” or “off” state. Instead, they ...

For decades, fuel cell innovation has been guided by two main benchmarks: cost per kilowatt and stack durability. These remain important, especially in applications driven almost entirely by project ...