The placenta is a unique organ that exists only during pregnancy, growing at tumour-like speed to the size of a small dinner ...

Placental organoids’ may help research into the early stages of pregnancy and life-threatening conditions like preeclampsia.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), manmade chemicals that accumulate in the body over time, have been linked to liver disease and cancer, but it is not yet clear how they cause damage.

Bake them, freeze them, fire them from a gun or blast them into space: tardigrades can survive almost anything. Some experts ...

A glue-gun-like device that can be used to print biodegradable bone grafts directly into fractures could revolutionize ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), manmade chemicals that accumulate in the body over time, have been linked to liver disease and cancer, but it is not yet clear how they cause damage. USC ...

"That's why we cannot use traditional animal models," study co-author Diankun Yu ... the researchers developed an organoid — a miniature 3D structure, grown from stem cells, that mimics a full-size ...

Researchers have described a large set of previously unrecognized enzymatic domains—named the Lipocone superfamily—and outlined their evolutionary pathway from bacterial defense molecules to key ...

Engineered 3D skin model successfully simulates early wound healing, offering insights into inflammatory responses and potential therapeutic applications.

Dirk Görlich and Steven McKnight receive the Lasker Prize for their groundbreaking research on low complexity regions in ...

In two new studies, scientists at Oregon Health & Science University have uncovered detailed blueprints of how certain ...