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 ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have created a method that makes it possible to transform the brain's support cells ...

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 ...

A mature cell of one type can be turned into a mature cell of another type without the cell having to pass through an earlier stage of development. This is called direct reprogramming, a reliable but ...

The study shows that fat tissue, when processed and cultured in a specific way, can self-organize into structures resembling ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...