To stay healthy, our cells rely on a self-cleaning mechanism that removes defective or unnecessary components. This process, ...

Metabolism, far from being just a housekeeping function, underlies all changes in cell size and function ...

Chinchillas have the softest and densest fur of any mammal on the planet. Discover how this unique feature has impacted its ...

As cultivated meat companies push beyond proof-of-concept and toward commercialization, some of the sector’s most stubborn ...

New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 ...

For the last two years, the cultivated meat industry has been experiencing growing pains. Many startups have shrunk, shut ...

The blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers are protective systems that prevent harmful substances from entering the brain and ...

The discovery that tissues use electricity to expel unhealthy cells is part of a surge of renewed interest in the currents ...

The Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture (TUCCA), which seeks to enable production of meat, milk, and eggs from ...

The scaffold proved worthy for your next lab-cultured burger. The cellulose grown on brewing waste was similar in its texture ...

Researchers have unlocked a way to grow the immune system’s “conductors” from stem cells, bringing ready-made cancer-fighting therapies a big step closer. For the first time, scientists at the Univers ...

A new study tests whether spent yeast from breweries can supply cellulose scaffolds that support lab-grown meat production.