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

These injected mitochondria change the overall complex of genes expressed in the recipient cells. They also induce the release of metabolites useful to cancers. When the researchers co-injected cancer ...

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

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, ...

Since we can't get an unending supply of eggs naturally, scientists have long been interested in creating a synthetic pathway to new egg cells. After all, biologists can turn skin cells into all kinds ...

While the technology is years away from becoming viable, this breakthrough potentially paves the way for infertile people to have children.

The discovery positions IGF2BP3 as a "master switch" in leukaemia, linking metabolism and RNA regulation, processes long thought to operate independently. Understanding this connection could pave the ...

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

A study published in Nature Communications looks at reprogramming human skin cells to create functional egg cells. Prof Roger Sturmey, Professor of Reproductive Medicine, University of Hull, said: ...

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.

Experts in the UK say it's an exciting development that could one day "open the door to creating egg or sperm-like cells for those who have no other options".

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