For many years, researchers believed that the DNA inside a newly fertilized egg began as a structural ‘blank slate’ – a loose ...

For decades, scientists viewed the genome of a newly fertilized egg as a structural "blank slate"—a disordered tangle of DNA ...

Leonard Zon, professor of stem cell and regenerative biology and Grousbeck Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, has been awarded the 2026 March of Dimes Richard B. Johnston Jr., MD Prize ...

Pasca Lab specializes in growing three-dimensional organoid models from reprogrammed stem cells, which capture molecular changes during fetal brain-like development. Because the human brain cannot be ...

Researchers from New England Biolabs and Yale University have created a system for engineering the first fully synthetic ...

Researchers announced in February 2026 that small fragments of plastic were found in nine out of 10 prostate tumor samples, adding new urgency to a growing body of evidence connecting everyday plastic ...

The final piece of this evolution comes from closing the loop between AI scientists and the physical laboratory. In 2026, AI systems will connect seamlessly with robotic laboratories, creating true ...

A research team led by scientists at Queen Mary University of London and University College London (UCL) has found new clues ...

Some research suggests that avoiding environmental exposures, especially pre-conception, may help. Influencers branded the ...

In human cells, DNA carries chemical or "epigenetic" marks that decide how genes will be used in different tissues. Yet in a ...

Retrotransposons are pivotal in human genome evolution, driving structural variation and regulatory innovation while influencing health and disease.

Zulfiqar A Bhutta and colleagues argue that the response to children in fragile and conflict affected settings must move beyond event based framings to tackle cumulative and intergenerational ...