The human body is an extraordinary feat of biological engineering. Every heartbeat, every breath, ...

How do blood vessels form to reliably supply the body with oxygen and nutrients? A research team at the University of Basel ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a breakthrough in synthetic biology.

In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical cancer tumor that killed Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year old African American mother, became an essential tool that helped the biomedical field flourish ...