The lab-made cell can grow, copy its DNA, and divide but cannot survive independently or be considered fully alive, researchers said ...

Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological world that gives rise to ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a breakthrough in synthetic biology.

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

Exposure to elevated levels of sodium fluoride might impair cognitive abilities by altering how brain cells grow and ...

University of Minnesota researchers say "SpudCell" is the most life-like synthetic cell yet, able to grow, divide and pass traits to offspring.

When injected into mice with retinal disease, the special retinal blood cells integrated into the damaged tissue to regenerate blood vessels.

In the lab, it's easier to grow simple balls of cells than complex asymmetrical structures with two distinct ends—like the one million filtering units—nephrons—that make up a human kidney. But new ...

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers say findings may improve chances of success for some of the 90,000 stem cell ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture. Grown ...

Lab-grown sperm could soon become a reality after scientists were able to create germ cells, the precursor to reproductive cells.

For now, that goal remains elusive. The lab-grown cells stopped developing at an immature stage. Many hurdles need to be ...