Cancer is a disease that starts with uncontrolled cell division and eventually causes tissue and organ damage. The disease ...

Breast cancer can spread—or metastasize—to many different parts of the body, but it's not well understood why tumors grow better in some organs than others.

Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which muscle damage—often caused by drug intake—can lead to impaired kidney function and ...

Scientists mapped where drugs bind inside the body, cell by cell, to better understand benefits and side effects.

Every person who has ever been pregnant leaves a biological trace that is far more intimate than a family photo album. During ...

Pancreatic organoids reveal how lumen shape is controlled by the balance between cell proliferation, internal pressure, and epithelial permeability.

Bioprinting is rapidly moving from research labs into commercial reality, and it is reshaping how the pharmaceutical and ...

Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which muscle damage—often caused by drug intake—can lead to impaired kidney function and acute kidney failure. However, there have been limitations in directly ...

For decades, this question has bewildered biologists. Now, by studying Placozoa, scientists at Stanford University have ...

New research has mapped the cell types that specialize to form reproductive organs in both sexes, identifying key genes and signals that drive this process. The findings offer important insights into ...

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

A new kind of 3D-printable material that can stretch, flex and still stay friendly to living cells could change how medical ...