Researchers have taken a pivotal step toward understanding how living cells could have originated from nonliving matter. At some point in Earth's history, nonliving, inorganic substances gave rise to ...

A research team from National Taiwan University, Academia Sinica, and National Taiwan University Hospital has uncovered a critical connection between a unique RNA molecule and human aging, including ...

A world-first artificial cell can chase chemicals using only a membrane, an enzyme, and a pore—no DNA or motors needed.

A new reproductive approach, three-person IVF, combines DNA from biological parents with mitochondria from egg donors, ...

Funded primarily by the Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, and leveraging prior ...

Like AI, cells change and learn from experience, while unlike computer chips they arrive naturally preprogrammed ...

Approximately one in 5,000 children is born with mitochondrial mutations each year. Defective mitochondria "leave the body ...

Findings on sperm RNA suggest new biomarkers for IVF success, potentially improving embryo selection and reducing cycles needed for desired fertility outcomes.

Researchers report that eight healthy babies were born with the help of a technique that uses DNA from three people to help ...

Contrary to long-standing assumptions, human egg cells stay pristine for decades not by ramping up waste disposal, but by ...

A new federal initiative seeks to develop stem cell treatments and other technology to repair brain tissue damaged by stroke, ...