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A newly identified class of RNA molecules has been discovered in bacteria living inside the human body. These circular ...

The human body is a remarkably resilient thing, as many case studies of people surviving without organs tell us ...

There may be good reasons to object to using animals as living organ factories, including welfare concerns. But the rationale ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: With more than 100,000 people in need of an organ transplant in the U.S. alone, scientists have turned toward perfecting human-animal chimeras as a ...

Many everyday chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria and potentially fuel antibiotic resistance, prompting calls to ...

In 2020 biologist Michael Levin and his colleagues reported that they had made “biological robots” by shaping clusters of cells into tiny artificial forms that could “walk” around on surfaces. Levin’s ...

For the third weekend in a row, large swaths of the United States have wilted under early-season heatwaves that have set high temperature records from California to Texas. Nearly 100 million Americans ...