Cellular & Molecular Biology

Birds regrow damaged inner ear cells. Why can’t we?

A new CRISPR/Cas9 DNA labeling technique finds that DNA flails around during the transcription process, increasing its ability to connect distant regions of the genome.

Researchers have found that, contrary to previous studies, insulin levels and a specific genotype pattern don’t predict weight-loss success.

The discovery that muscle stem cells behave differently in the body than they do in lab dishes changes how researchers view stem cell function.

Combining an antibody drug with a food desensitization process helps children combat multiple food allergies at once.

A conversation with author Mary Roach

A health-care revolution in the making

A father's quest to save his son

A sampler of diagnostics emerging from Stanford

We may be infected — and protected — from our earliest days of development