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A bacterial protein fragment instigates lung tissue death in the respiratory disease pulmonary fibrosis, according to a new study.

Old human cells can return to a more youthful state after being induced to briefly express a panel of proteins involved in embryonic development, according to a new study.

A new study published in Nucleic Acid Research outlines the discovery that squid are able to "edit" their messenger RNA (mRNA) to an astonishing degree – several orders of magnitude more than humans.

In a new study published in BMC Genomics , researchers from the University of Tsukuba reveal that they have developed a novel tool that enables the visualization of how single cells handle and process RNA.

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich has published two studies that elucidate how stem cells promote neuronal growth in tissue regeneration and in cancer progression.

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have shown that they can give cells a short-term boost of energy through mitochondrial transplantation. The study suggests that mitochondrial transplantation could one day be employed to cure various cardiovascular, metabolic and neurodegenerative disorders - and even offer a new approach to the treatment of cancer.

Scientists have discovered a molecule in the lymphatic system that has the potential to play a role in autoimmune disease. Elucidating the underlying mechanisms that causes autoimmune and inflammatory conditions can help to develop ways to correct the flaws that lead to disease.

Stanford researchers have developed a technique that reprograms cells to use synthetic materials, provided by the scientists, to build artificial structures able to carry out functions inside the body.

Using a fish species from the Baltic Sea, the three-spined stickleback, an international team investigated whether and how epigenetics contributes to adaptation.

For the first time, scientists have derived induced pluripotent stem cells from a 114-year-old woman, which will enable studies that could uncover why supercentenarians live such long and healthy lives.