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Discover how the amino acid leucine enhances energy production and protects mitochondrial health in our cells.

For decades, Jon Zehr was haunted by an organism he knew was here — but couldn’t see. It all started in the ‘90s on a ...

In an interview, synthetic biologist Peter Carr explains research on synthetic cells, their potential benefits and hazards, ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell.

Cece Calhoun ’21, medical director of Yale’s Sickle Cell Program, reflects on the challenges of building teams and structures ...

Understanding inflammation—and, above all, how to regulate it—is one of the great medical challenges of modern medicine. Its ...

We would like to believe that every new father and every new mother wants the same thing: a way to protect their child’s ...

Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological world that gives rise to ...

CAR T-cell therapy is expected to expand quickly across autoimmune skin diseases following an anticipated regulatory approval that might come as soon as this year.

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