The Longest Animal On Earth Has No Brain, No Bones And 1,200 Stingers — A Biologist Explains

The longest animal on Earth isn’t what you think. It’s a drifting, gelatinous predator whose reach reshapes how we define ...

Replicating bacterial DNA relies on accordion-like folds to separate, researchers discover

When bacteria cells replicate, they do so a little differently than human cells do. They don't undergo mitosis, a splitting ...
University of California, San Francisco

Scientists Create Cancer-Fighting Immune Cells Right in the Body

UCSF scientists found a precise way to turn on cancer-fighting immune cells inside the body. This more potent form of CAR-T has the potential to treat many more cancers.
Nature

First-of-a-kind stem-cell therapies set for approval in Japan

Japan’s health ministry has endorsed issuing conditional approval for two first-of-a-kind medicines. But some researchers say that the therapies — made from reprogrammed stem cells and called Amchepry ...