Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insufficient production of the hormone insulin by cells in the pancreas called beta cells and ...

How do stem cells know what to become? Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, researchers are still working hard to understand precisely how a single, ...

Frankenstein's creature is coming back to life—again. As Guillermo del Toro's new adaptation of Mary Shelley's gothic ...

Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insufficient production of the hormone insulin by cells in the pancreas called beta cells and estimated to affect 9.5 million people worldwide.

A Northwestern team transformed a common chemotherapy drug into a powerful, targeted cancer therapy using spherical nucleic ...

How do stem cells know what to become? Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, ...

During a complicated bone surgery, every second matters. The longer a wound is open, the more likely it is to become infected ...

Scientists have discovered that human stomach cells can be genetically reprogrammed to act like pancreatic beta cells and produce insulin. This approach could one day help people with Type 1 diabetes ...

By restructuring a common chemotherapy drug, scientists increased its potency by 20,000 times. In a significant step forward for cancer therapy, researchers at Northwestern University have redesigned ...

Scientists say they need better access to human brain tissue to understand how dementia, Alzheimer's, epilepsy, autism, ...

With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory, I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I do not believe any civilized society should be ...