Flatworms can rebuild themselves from just a small fragment, and now scientists know why. Their stem cells ignore nearby ...

Cancer thrives by hijacking the body's own basic survival systems, making it hard to attack tumors without collateral damage ...

DNA, often called the blueprint of life, is built from four chemical building blocks known as deoxy-nucleoside triphosphates ...

Planarian stem cells can be “independent” and turn into any type of cell without needing a nearby niche, a new study indicates.

The human body has good reason for its tighter controls. Cells that multiply unchecked are the roots of cancer. “Our hope is ...

A team of scientists has mapped the regions surrounding stem cells in planarians—small flatworms that are famous for being able to regrow whole bodies from small fragments—and discovered something ...

Stowers scientists uncover new principles guiding how flatworm stem cells regenerate body parts, revealing clues that could advance tissue repair and regenerative medicine in humans. Stem cells in ...

Frogs have made significant contributions to Fred Hutch science over the years as a model organism that shares much of our ...

Scientists discovered that baker’s yeast can survive harsh Mars-like conditions, revealing how simple life forms adapt under ...

Life’s origin story just became even more mysterious. Using mathematics and information theory, Robert G. Endres of Imperial ...

A newly discovered nuclear role for HSL reveals how imbalances in its location within fat cells may contribute to both ...