The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," ...

Spending time aboard the International Space Station (ISS) induced aging-like changes in a group of cells key for the health ...

New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on four SpaceX resupply missions to the International Space Station has ...

The Human Cell Atlas is yielding detailed maps of human tissues and systems throughout life, along with methods to handle single-cell data. Four scientists reflect on how the project is transforming ...

The rigors of space travel could accelerate changes in the human body usually associated with aging. According to a new study ...

Stem cells age faster and become functionally exhausted in low Earth orbit, making crewed long-duration space travel even ...

Researchers build anthrobots from human airway cells that self-assemble, move, self-heal, and reverse aging markers, offering insights into synthetic life systems.

Researchers from the University of California San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Institute have discovered that spaceflight ...

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a study finds, furthering the understanding of the possible effects of space exploration on the human body.