Hyperfunction theory offers fresh insights into mechanisms driving human aging
A new research perspective was published in Volume 18 of Aging on July 24, 2026, titled “A brief history of the…
New review highlights FOXA2’s role in glucose regulation pathways
A newly published review highlights the pivotal role of FOXA2, a key transcription factor, in coordinating pancreatic development,…
Lab-grown sperm: scientists inch closer to fertility breakthrough
Researchers are trying to make human sperm (shown here in a colourized electron microscope image) from stem cells…
Engineered scaffold restores skull growth in craniosynostosis mouse models
An engineered triphasic biomaterial scaffold successfully recreated the cranial suture stem cell niche lost in craniosynostosis, a condition…
Scientists Discover a Gene That Boosts Youth – but It Comes With a Cost
Researchers found that vgll3 boosts early-life growth and reproduction but increases aging and cancer risk later, providing strong…
Scientists Just Repeated a Nobel Prize-Winning Experiment in a Creature Older Than Jellyfish
Experiments on comb jelly embryos reveal that a core developmental process shared across animals may trace back to…
Scientists Discover a Biological Clock Unlike Anything Seen Before
A master clock made up of the proteins MYRF-1 and LIN-42 coordinates the timing and duration of gene…
New hybrid lens design drastically cuts 3D microscopy costs and complexity
A team led by Raju Tomer, professor of biological sciences at Columbia University, has created a new design…
Study reveals protein driving fast-twitch muscle formation
University of Maine researchers have published new findings about how muscles form, why certain muscle diseases develop and…
Space embryos: China launches lab-grown human cells into orbit to study reproduction
China has sent artificially constructed human embryo models to the Tiangong space station, marking the first known attempt…
Scientists discover immune sentinel cells within skin hair follicles
Researchers at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside have discovered previously unrecognized immune surveillance structures in…
Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers
Scientists harvested eggs from 25th-generation cloned mice and fertilized the eggs, which grew into these early-stage embryos. Credit:…