For the first time, scientists have 3-D printed objects within living cells, including a 10-micrometer long elephant and tiny “barcodes” that could help track individual cells. Remarkably, many of the ...

Some two dozen biotech developers of PROTACs, molecular glues and other types of protein-degrading drugs have sprung up over ...

The growth of new segments (body parts) in marine worms is controlled by a special growth zone, in which special stem cells ...

A fertilized egg somehow manages to build skin, brain, and blood cells within days. But how? New tech called LoxCode is ...

Beyond the mitochrondrion: How did our cells get their other complex parts? There's more to the cell than its 'powerhouse.' By Viviane Callier / Knowable Magazine. Published Nov 10, 2023 6:00 PM EST.

Much like a car, a cell wouldn’t function without all its parts. Unlike a car, though, scientists still haven’t been able to fully understand just how all the parts of cells fit together.

THE TOPIC IN BRIEF • In bottom-up approaches, cellular structures and behaviours are reconstituted from their constituent parts. • This strategy reduces a complex, living system to a more ...

Creating Cell Parts from Scratch. A newly made synthetic ribosome is an important step in the quest to create artificial life forms. By . Emily Singer archive page; March 10, 2009.

Cancer cells can acquire energy-generating structures called mitochondria from nearby nerve cells, which seems to aid their ...

Now researchers are taking a retrospective look at older data in search of these elusive cell parts. Organelles are microscopic structures inside of cells that perform specialized functions, ...

A new study led by Harvard biologists describes how some sea slugs consume algae and incorporate their photosynthetic ...