Cell division during the early stage of embryo development is a trade-off between speed and accuracy; the cells need to ...

Scientists at EPFL have developed CenSpark, a fluorescent probe that makes centrioles and cilia visible inside living cells, ...

This past year, we explored a lot of new cell biology research—from cancer to plants to microbes, and more! It’s hard to believe what can fit in a year. Yet as we say goodbye to 2025, we want to take ...

When scientist J. Craig Venter and his team announced in 2010 that they had created the first cell controlled by a fully synthetic genome, it marked a turning point in how scientists think about life.

Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have discovered that if animal cells gain an extra set of chromosomes, a ...

In this discussion in GEN’s “The State of Multiomics and NGS” virtual summit, originally broadcast on April 23, 2025, Jonah Cool, PhD, Science Program Officer at CZI and Sarah Teichmann, PhD, Research ...

The olfactory system is essential for most animals: it supports postnatal survival, detects environmental hazards and mediates emotional, social and nutritional behaviors.

AI could "give the scientific community a way to address the most difficult and urgent questions in human health," argues ...

One of the biggest challenges in cancer research is understanding why some tumor cells become especially aggressive, invasive ...