Receptors on cell surfaces translate an outer signal into a response inside the cell. By this, they are responsible for a plethora of essential processes in living organisms. But what if we could ...

It might soon be easy to build living robots — because they'll build themselves. New Scientist reports Harvard University, Tufts University and University of Vermont researchers have learned that ...

The robots are alive, and now they can reproduce. That’s not a sequel to “The Terminator.” It’s the result of new research showing that microscopic life-forms made of frogs’ stem cells can ...

It may soon be possible to coax human skin cells into becoming functional eggs and sperm using a technique known as "in vitro gametogenesis." This involves the creation (genesis) of eggs and sperm ...

Investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found a subpopulation of hematopoietic stem cells, the source of all blood and immune system cells, that reproduce much more slowly than ...

BOSTON, Mass. (CBS Newspath/WKRC) - Apparently, robots can reproduce. It's happening at a lab near Boston, Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, scientists have created living machines. They are cells ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Our bodies reproduce ...

There is growing use of three-dimensional (3D) cell culture models to attempt to reproduce cell-to-cell and cell-to-matrix interactions occurring in vivo. The goal is to create model systems for ...