Cells contain a blueprint in the form of DNA that dictates what they can make. This blueprint is converted into a message (mRNA), which is then converted into a protein. Although DNA remains the same ...

Liver cells are indispensable for research—for drug testing, to better understand diseases such as hepatitis, fatty liver, ...

A discovery, several years in the making, by a UB research team has proven that adult skin cells can be converted into neural crest cells (a type of stem cell) without any genetic modification, and ...

Scientists have discovered that human stomach cells can be genetically reprogrammed to act like pancreatic beta cells and ...

This Brush Up is sponsored by Cayman Chemical. Learn more about chemical inhibitors of histone modification. Histone modification affects how tightly DNA wraps around histone proteins, yielding ...

A new method developed by scientists could soon make liver disease treatment easier and more effective—without a transplant.

A House bill that would allow federal funding of stem cell research using human embryos donated by fertility clinics that would otherwise discard them has sparked a heated debate on Capitol Hill. Two ...

A study reveals how RNA modifications regulate the transformation of stem cells into retinal cells. The protein METTL3, which ...

Cells contain a blueprint in the form of DNA that dictates what they can make. This blueprint is converted into a message, or mRNA, which is then converted into protein. Although DNA remains the same ...