How do stem cells know what to become? Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, ...

Totipotent Cells: Often regarded as the "holy grail" of stem cell biology, these cells can develop into any type of cell in the body, offering vast possibilities for tissue regeneration.

Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.

People looking to lose weight and lower their blood sugar may someday be able to get a single injection that turns their ...

Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...

In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefited one child. Now researchers plan to launch a clinical trial of the approach ...

In order for an AI startup to stand out and lead the next wave of innovation, founders need to embrace an AI-native strategy. In this guest commentary, author Matt Blumberg, CEO of Markup AI, shares ...

For the first time, a research team led by the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has mapped the genetic architecture of a ...

Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.