Researchers with the global Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium report significant progress in their quest for a better understanding of the cells of the human body in health and disease, with the ...

“When things go wrong, they go wrong with our cells first and foremost," said Aviv Regev, co-chair of the Human Cell Atlas ...

Recent scientific developments include a fast-forming exoplanet, a remarkable image of a dying star, the discovery of a ...

Binge drinking in early adult years fundamentally changes how the brain's neurons communicate, in what scientists equate to a ...

A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center finds that, in healthy women, some breast ...

Here, we used deep full-length single-cell RNA-sequencing to distinguish post-mitotic cone and rod developmental states and cone-specific features that contribute to retinoblastomagenesis. The ...

Three research institutions in Barcelona have teamed up to launch the world's first Joint Program on Evolutionary Medical Genomics.

US President-elect Donald Trump is handing top roles in his future administration to a mix of loyalists, provocateurs and a ...