cell culture

Using a 3D culture system that imitates fatty tissue, researchers developed a simpler process to study mesenchymal stem cell aging and tissue regeneration.

Researchers engineer a protease-mediated post-translational path faster than gene switches for processes that need to happen quickly, such as insulin release.

A method for culturing the infectious stage of the Plasmodium lifecycle could increase malaria vaccine production efficiency by tenfold, study authors say.

Scientists use locust brains as living biosensors to perform cancer cell breath tests.

Researchers found that the ApoA1 protein can restore ALS epithelial cell survival in vitro.

Viscous solutions accelerate the migration of tumor cells and may enable metastasis, according to a new study.

Marina Sanaki-Matsumiya figured out how to grow human somites in a dish through a process that mirrors the tissue’s development in the embryo.

Delivering antioxidants via extracellular vesicles to atrophied muscles restores them during rehabilitation.

Researchers in Japan have given a plastic robot finger a layered coating made from actual, living skin cells. Next, they aim to add hair and sweat glands.

Growing meat in a laboratory may seem like science fiction, but researchers around the world are perfecting the culture of animal muscle intended for human consumption.

The poorly understood Fonticula alba, a relative of fungi and animals, hunts bacteria with a mechanism that resembles cancer and fungal growth.

In Salmonella, two seemingly similar antibiotic survival strategies result from very different molecular mechanisms.

The biotech industry is chipping away at the obstacles standing between the lab and the dinner plate.