Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there ...

Growing tissues can crack, break, and dissociate to form structures that can later withstand immense forces.

Obesity leaves a lasting imprint on fat and immune cells in ways that might make weight regain harder to avoid ...

A recent study by the University of Bonn and University Hospital Bonn and the University of Freiburg shows that the ...

Some single-celled organisms are known to transition to multicellularity during their lifetimes, usually either by cloning themselves or when many similar cells come together to form a larger ...

Scientists are exploring pig skin to gain a fuller understanding of how this process works. The result could mean uncovering ...

A multidisciplinary team have built hydrogels built entirely from synthetic peptides so their properties can be precisely ...

A proof-of-concept study opens up an avenue for treating solid tumours that express low levels of a target antigen.

Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new class of protein-based fibers modeled on the aligned ...

Ordinary fat cells in obese animals can be induced to burn energy stores, generating substantial heat, according to a ...