Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham succeeded in using induced stem-cells for gene therapy for the first time. The scientists used cells taken from the tip of a sickle-cell model mouse’s ...

Scientists from the University of Western Australia have managed to create ‘semi-living’ food. The scientists used a new tissue engineering technique to grow sample cells from animals and produce edible meat that does not require killing animals. The project, named ...

In 2001, Zoo workers at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, were astonished to find a hammerhead shark pup in an aquarium devoid of male bonehead sharks. Thorough genetic analysis recently revealed that the pup was indeed a result ...

The Space shuttle Endeavour was launched into orbit earlier this morning carrying seven astronauts, a special Canadian robotic system, and a section of Japan’s space-based laboratory. This shuttle launch comes at a time when NASA faces a grim reality – ...

The final piece of the ATLAS particle detector, located in Geneva, Switzerland, has finally been lowered into the underground CERN laboratory collision hall. This marks an important milestone in the construction of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which will eventually ...

A recent study conducted in Indonesia shows that male primates “paid” for sexual access to females in the form of pre-sex rituals, and that the success of these rituals was reduced as the number of available females went up. Although ...

Cancer therapy most commonly includes radiation and chemotherapy, procedures that themselves often lead to the death of patients. Over the past few years, clever ways have been developed to exploit the brilliance and efficacy of the immune system to fight ...

Scientists at the Newcastle University in the U.K. have successfully implanted embryo nucleuses, containing DNA from a mother and a father, into donor eggs. Although the nucleuses of the donor eggs had been removed, they still contained healthy mitochondria, which ...

Utilizing a technique that combines low temperature measurements and theoretical calculations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists have revealed for the first time the electronic structure of single DNA molecules. This development could advance the creation of future DNA based computers ...

Researchers from the Argonne National Laboratory have developed an infrared camera that can take a thermal image of the head and neck area of cancer patients. The images will help medical staff predict which patients are likely to develop severe ...