In reading, a bookmark tells where you stopped. Cells use bookmarks too, specific proteins that help the cell remember what collection of genes needs to be turned on again after the brief halt of gene ...

Izzie Clarke: Hello and welcome to this Nature Custom Media podcast, supported by the Sigma-Aldrich® brand from Merck. I’m science journalist Izzie Clarke and in this episode, I explore how scientists ...

With a Kobe University-developed procedure, induced pluripotent stem cells can now be frozen directly in their dishes without ...

Researchers in Japan have developed a form of stem cell therapy that "reverses" paralysis. Though the treatment has only seen a 50% success rate so far, two of the four people who received it have ...

Life begins with a tiny orchestra of stem cells, setting the stage for the body’s grand symphony of development. As the performance unfolds, a dynamic interplay of factors takes center stage, ...

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a new approach to the "reprogramming" of ordinary adult cells into stem cells. In a study published today in an Advance Online paper in ...

As people age, their immune system function declines. T cell populations become smaller and can't react to pathogens as ...