Cancer cells transfer mitochondria through nanotubes to healthy neighboring cells, turning them into tumor-supporting accomplices, a new study shows.

Computer-enhanced scanning electron micrograph image of cancer cells. Credit: Koto_Feja/ A ...

Scientists describe the technique as an early proof of concept and say it could take at least a decade of further research ...

The mechanical properties of tissue matrix are crucial for maintaining cell health and function. With aging, tissue matrix loses its mechanical integrity and exhibits altered biophysical properties, ...

New research shows it's possible to reprogram skin cells into eggs that can be fertilized in the lab, though it's just a ...

Since we can't get an unending supply of eggs naturally, scientists have long been interested in creating a synthetic pathway ...

A reproductive medicine professor described the work as an “exciting proof of concept” that may change approaches to ...

Leuven, 11 March 2025 – Solid tumors often provide a challenging environment for the T cells of our immune system. By reprogramming the metabolism of T cells, scientists at the VIB-KU Leuven Center ...

In recent years, we have come to appreciate that loss or dysfunction of insulin-producing islet beta cells underlies virtually all major forms of diabetes mellitus. In type 1 diabetes, beta cells ...

More work needs to be done to create viable human embryos, but the method might someday be used in IVF to help infertile people and male couples.

In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm ...