When it comes to supplying their purine needs, cancer cells may use salvaged metabolites, according to a study in mice.

Administering immunotherapy when the tumor microenvironment is most susceptible to T cells enhances treatment efficacy in ...

Scientists have perfected the recipe to convert giant panda skin cells into stem cells to study the animal’s biology and aid ...

From fruit flies that survive a mere two weeks to the giant tortoises of the tropics that can live for nearly 200 years, every species has an allotted life expectancy. But while an organism’s lifespan ...

Nathan Ni holds a PhD from Queens University. He is a science editor for The Scientist’s Creative Services Team who strives to better understand and communicate the relationships between health and ...

Zhijian “James” Chen received this year’s Albert Lasker Award for discovering cGAS, an enzyme which scopes out DNA-based ...

Cells send electrical impulses throughout the body, but electrophysiologists struggled to tune into these signals until the ...

Caroline Gargett identified adult stem cells in the endometrium. Now, she explores their functions to improve women’s health.

Studying human embryonic development is complicated for several reasons. Models derived from pluripotent stem cells ...

As the famed British naturalist David Attenborough noted, “In our hands now lies not only our own future but that of all ...