Share on Pinterest Japan has given approval for world-first stem cell treatments for Parkinson’s disease and heart failure. Image credit: David Mareuil/Anadolu via Getty Images Japan has granted world ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The first eukaryotes—the cells that form complex life—likely originated when two microscopic entities merged via a process called endosymbiosis, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Around four billion years ago, prokaryotes (which include the simple-cell domains of archaea and bacteria ...

Starlink is planning a faster, more powerful version of its direct-to-cell service. “With Starlink Mobile V2 connectivity, mobile network operators can invest less in terrestrial networks while ...

The combination of placenta-derived stem cells (PMSCs) with standard in utero repair for severe spina bifida appears feasible and safe, with no cell-related adverse events observed at birth, a ...

A clump of human brain cells can play the classic computer game Doom. While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world ...

Six pregnant women participated in a small trial in which placenta-derived stem cells were applied to fetal spinal cords and the treatment was found to be safe. Spina bifida, a condition in which the ...

A Phase I clinical trial published in The Lancet has shown that combining stem cell therapy with standard fetal surgery before birth is a safe and promising approach to treat myelomeningocele, a ...

A new study suggests that ancient microbes once cast as oxygen haters may have actually learned to use the gas, offering a clue to how the first complex cells — and, eventually, all plants and animals ...

Researchers headed by a team at the University of California, Irvine, Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health have built what they suggest is the first cell type-specific gene regulatory ...

Toyota's Highlander is getting a ground-up redesign for 2027 — and the longtime family SUV will now go fully electric. The car's battery is produced in the automaker's new North Carolina plant.

Florida's first execution of 2026 was carried out on Ronald Palmer Heath, who was convicted of a 1989 murder. Heath was pronounced dead by lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his ...