A health ministry panel has given conditional approval to two medical products derived from iPS cells, paving the way for the world’s first commercialization of Nobel Prize-winning stem cell research.

Scientists have developed a new imaging technique that uses a novel contrast mechanism in bioimaging to merge the strengths of two powerful microscopy methods, allowing researchers to see both the ...

Blood cell disorders affect red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets made in bone marrow. They can be acute or chronic. They can also be genetic, the result of other conditions, or ...

McClintock’s maize breeding experiments provided the first detailed descriptions of transposable elements. What exactly are these “jumping genes,” and why are they so important? As previously ...

Vaginal yeast infections (candidiasis) are common and happen when Candida yeast overgrows after the vagina’s usual bacteria and yeast balance changes. Symptoms often include itching, swelling, burning ...