Cellular & Molecular Biology

Plans, dreams and day-to-day work for a team studying the sense of touch

New Stanford medical school curriculum gives more flexibility and incentives for long-term research

The FAST program, led by Stanford graduate students, sparks a passion in teens for science careers

Unstable stretches of DNA have served as hot spots for rapid, dramatic skeletal mutations the helped three-spined sticklebacks adapt to new environments.

Closing gaps in our understanding of the human body is central for precision health

Discoveries about the ways cells die are inspiring new disease treatments

Capturing the brain’s learning and recall motor in silicon

Stanford researchers launch a massive study of lung tissue — healthy and diseased — in one of their own

Altering cells could ease a promising cancer therapy’s side effects