The research published in Nature Communications on Sept. 6th is the first step in possibly finding an unlimited source of ...

An Iowa State University research team has discovered when and why inflammatory signaling affects the formation of blood stem ...

Raquel Espin Palazon discovered that inflammatory signaling pathways must switch on for embryos to produce blood stem cells.

Plant and animal cells are both extremely important to the survival of millions of species and without them, life couldn’t ...

To study biomechanical forces in multicellular systems, effective mechanical stimulation is an essential tool. A 3D ...

Illuminating the experience of people living with sickle cell could improve patients’ lives and enhance all of medicine ...

Cui developed a tool to analyze genetic mutations in B cells—a type of immune cell that makes antibodies—from healthy ...

With lifespans stretching far beyond human comprehension, creatures like the hydra, Greenland shark and Aldabra tortoise ...

A group of Iowa State University researchers has made a discovery that could lead to a new treatment for patients with blood ...

Dozens of labs around the world are striving to grow models of human embryos to study development, fertility and therapies.

Implanting a pouch of stem-cell-derived pancreas cells under the skin of type 1 diabetics has enabled them to live without ...