For years, one of the simplest explanations for human intelligence was also one of the biggest: the human brain has an enormous number of neurons. It also has an even more enormous web of connections ...

Scientists engineered human cells to perform binary calculations using genetic circuits, advancing cell therapies and ...

Researchers at Hebrew University have engineered human cells capable of processing multiple biological signals at once, ...

Researchers have developed a way to program human cells to perform calculations and make autonomous decisions, similar to how ...

The MTCH2 protein is closely linked to fat cell production. (Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) While GLP ...

The mitochondria (center) is part of the cell machinery. (SciePro/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) To properly understand ...

For billions of years, cells have perfected their biological machinery for making proteins, sending signals, and responding to their environment. Now scientists are learning how to program some of ...

A team of researchers from the US has turned DNA from human skin cells into "functional" eggs, which were able to be fertilised by sperm in a lab. While only around 10 per cent of the fertilised eggs ...

Mapping a human cell gives researchers a view of subcellular architecture and sheds light on how cancer develops. It’s been more than two decades since scientists finished sequencing the human genome, ...

Our bodies are made up of least 37 trillion cells, and scientists are teaming up around the world to map every single one of them. A new project called the Human Cell Atlas hopes to discover what each ...

US-based Conception said more work is needed to grow the eggs to full maturity, but called the achievement a 'major ...