Ancient enzymes show life’s nitrogen signal stayed unchanged for billions of years, helping scientists read early Earth.

Disruption of fatty acid storage triggers tumor cell death in preclinical models of high-risk medulloblastoma, offering a ...

For the first time, researchers have identified a previously unrecognized metabolic defense mechanism in aggressive brain tumors: a sugar-rich shield that surrounds tumor cells and protects them ...

The Biological Computing Co. (TBC) has raised $25 million in seed funding, Fortune has learned.

Neurites include axons, which are often severed during spinal cord injuries. When axons are cut, communication between ...

As dementia rises, scientists are exploring whether menopause hormone therapy could support brain health as well as relieve ...

A computational biology company that started in space tech is looking to change how biopharma finds disease targets by modeling how proteins behave.

Earth’s habitability may trace back to a precise chemical balance during its formation, one that kept life-critical elements from disappearing into the core or drifting into space.

MIT researchers have created subcellular ‘circulatronic’ brain implants that can be administered via injection and self-implant to target a variety of ailments directly.

When a cell divides, it performs a feat of microscopic choreography—duplicating its DNA and depositing it into two new cells. The spindle is the machinery behind that process: It latches onto ...

A new study has found that L1td1, a protein evolutionarily co-opted from the Long interspersed nuclear element 1 (LINE1) ...

Why does the same virus barely faze one person while sending another to the hospital? New research shows the answer lies in a molecular record etched into our immune cells by both our genes and our ...