About 9% of men of reproductive age in the United States experience fertility problems. One of the many causes of male ...

For years, one of the simplest explanations for human intelligence was also one of the biggest: the human brain has an enormous number of neurons. It also has an even more enormous web of connections ...

Surgeons have transplanted dopamine-producing cells derived from human embryonic stem cells directly into the brains of ...

A new study proves individual human cortical neurons have the computational complexity of an entire deep artificial neural ...

While teeth play a greater role in health than many realise, current dental solutions for tooth loss are temporary and subpar ...

A new study challenges a 60-year-old assumption about the body’s main structural building block, opening new possibilities ...

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...

Mammalian cell lines are crucial in the production of recombinant therapeutic proteins, vaccines and other clinically relevant drugs. A number of different lines are relied upon, but three in ...

A new class of microscopic machines is moving from theory into reality, and it could change how diseases are treated and how ...

Researchers have developed a way to program human cells to perform calculations and make autonomous decisions, similar to how computer chips work. In a new study published in Nature Communications, Ph ...

(Daisy-Daisy/iStock/Getty Images) Our understanding of the human brain is experiencing a watershed moment. The sewerage gates ...