The human body is a masterpiece of engineering. Beyond the common facts everyone knows, there are peculiar abilities, rare ...

UC Santa Cruz research innovations and academic programs advance brain and mental health.

From custom gene editing to a discovery that could help stop pancreatic cancer before it starts, these advances offer a ...

When two cells "talk" to each other, they often do so through tiny channels called electrical synapses. Unlike chemical ...

Every second, trillions of tiny parcels travel through your bloodstream—carrying vital information between your body's cells. Now, scientists at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute have opened this ...

Dimension Bio wants to grow a simplified liver from cells to sustain patients long enough for a damaged liver to recover—or ...

A tiny fleet of gold nanorobots is teaching stem cells how to become bone. At the same time, another lab is using gentle ...

Scientists are uncovering what makes some carcinomas so resistant: their ability to change identity. Two new studies reveal ...

Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Tal Sharf's lab used organoids to make fundamental discoveries about human ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have developed a remarkable new way for making human body cells behave like egg cells—a technique that could change the course of the future of ...