Small challenges can activate cells’ protective systems. Scientists are exploring whether food compounds and medicines can make use of this effect.
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Understanding inflammation is one of the biggest challenges of modern medicine.
The goal of creating synthetic cells is not to replace nature, but to learn more deeply about biology and reengineer it to help society.
The companies that drilled these cores decades ago couldn’t have known the scientific treasures inside.
Working on human pus in a medieval castle, Miescher discovered a substance that would eventually unlock our understanding of how life works.
Stromatolites might look like rocks. But they are living relics of ancient systems that thrived on Earth billions of years ago.
Some elderly people have the memory of someone 30 or 40 years younger.
Meet the choanoflagellates - the microscopic cousins of animals.
The question of whether viruses are alive or dead is a controversial one in science.
Cells function differently under low gravity conditions. Rather than send lab samples to space, researchers are developing Earth-bound tools to more easily study microgravity’s effects on biology.
Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, various diseases and even the origin of life.
The earliest cells likely didn’t have membranes to separate and protect their components and chemistry away from a harsh surrounding environment. But they may have made do with rain.
Given the right conditions, certain types of cells are able to self-assemble into new lifeforms after the organism they were once part of has died.
Researchers can create ‘single-cell radios’ using bacterial proteins to transmit the invisible activities within cells.
Ever been made to feel small? Here’s why being petite is no bad thing.
The origin of life on Earth is one of the biggest mysteries in science.
Symbiosis is so much part of life on Earth that it has shaped the evolution and structure of cells. It’s happening almost everywhere we look, including inside our gut.
Saturn’s moon Enceladus has geysers shooting tiny grains of ice into space. These grains could hold traces of life − but researchers need the right tools to tell.
Treatment for lung cancer patients is the same for everyone, regardless of the risk of recurrence. The use of a new technology could refine diagnosis.
Sugar molecules called glycans cover the surface of all cells, acting as ID cards that broadcast what they are to the rest of the body.
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Clinical Senior Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Lecturer in Microbiology, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Reader in Systems and Synthetic Biology, UCL
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Professor and Deputy Research Division Leader (Organisms and Environment), Cardiff University
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Research Fellow in Dermatology, Harvard University
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Research Chair with joint appointments at both the South African and the Ghanaian centres of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences. He is also affiliated to the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University
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Reader in Bioengineering, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor, University of Warwick
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Associate Professor of Dermatology, Harvard University
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Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Professor, Department of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University
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Professor Emeritus of Applied Philosophy, Glasgow Caledonian University
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PhD candidate, University of Leicester
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Assistant professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Cell biologist, University of Liverpool