After more than a decade of research, scientists have discovered the natural mechanism behind a novel form of cell death ...

As 2025 comes to a close, the editors at The Scientist asked researchers to reflect on the biggest breakthroughs in cell biology this year. They named advances in everything from embryo models for ...

Genes encode proteins, which regulate nearly all processes in cells. However, only approximately half of gene sequence is used to generate proteins and it is largely unclear, for what the other is ...

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can transform into ...

Biologics and cell therapy programs are under increasing pressure to deliver high‑quality cell lines and physiologically ...

A team led by Prof. WANG Chao and Prof. HUANG Chengdong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed the molecular mechanism of ...

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 ...

Researchers have developed cyborg pancreatic tissue using an electrically conductive mesh, which has the potential to treat ...