August Weismann's germ plasm theory of the late 19th century posited that only germ cells, e.g., sperm and egg cells in ...

The long and surprisingly dangerous journey undertaken by primordial germ cells - which ultimately become sperm or eggs - has ...

This 24-year-old was about to start medical school. Instead, a visit to the ER down the street turned into a brain tumor ...

In an interview with Torbjörn Ogéus, Stockholms led- & smärtklinik (SLS), Open Access Government explores how the landscape of regenerative medicine is shifting ...

Organoids are miniature, simplified versions of an organ. Over the past two decades, scientists have developed them for the ...

A chicken egg at Neion Bio, a biotech start-up, receiving a microinjection. The company aims to to turn chicken eggs into drug factories, genetically engineering birds to produce medical ...

As biologists know, nature can take its sweet time explaining itself. Andrew Gillis, associate scientist at the Marine ...

It depends on whether you're talking about your brain, your heart, your blood sugar ... and hey, what about those arsenic claims?

In a preclinical study from Mass General Brigham, researchers have found that even short-term exposure to high levels of ...

Three researchers from @HopkinsMedicine have been elected to the 2025 class of @aaas fellows for their scientific ...

Experiments in mice and human tissue indicate that a reduction in bacteria living in the large intestine decreases mucus ...