The return of the long-extinct wooly mammoth or dodo bird may sound like a storyline straight out of science fiction. It’s not. Several de-extinction projects all share an ambitious aim to resurrect ...

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Collaborative research defines a novel approach to understanding how certain proteins called transcription factors determine which genetic programs will drive cell growth and maturation. The method, ...

For the first time in over 10,000 years, the howl of a dire wolf is echoing once more—this time, from within a secretive nature preserve in the United States. The predator, long thought extinct and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday initiated an immediate review of clinical trials that involved sending Americans’ living cells to China and other foreign adversaries for ...

MIT researchers have unveiled new technology that allows for the labeling of proteins in millions of individual cells within fully intact tissues. The method, named Continuous Redispersion of ...