A health ministry panel has given conditional approval to two medical products derived from iPS cells, paving the way for the world’s first commercialization of Nobel Prize-winning stem cell research.

Scientists have developed a new imaging technique that uses a novel contrast mechanism in bioimaging to merge the strengths of two powerful microscopy methods, allowing researchers to see both the ...

Lung cancer can raise white blood cell count when infections like bronchitis or pneumonia occur. A normal range is 3,700 to 10,500 per microliter. Chemotherapy can lower white blood cell counts by ...

Leukopenia means your white blood cell count is below normal, around 4,000 cells per microliter (μL), which raises your infection risk. You may not notice it until infection symptoms start. Common ...

Researchers provide insight into an old mystery in cell biology, and offer up new clues to understanding cancer. Scientists have unraveled the mystery of how cells count the number of centrosomes, the ...

McClintock’s maize breeding experiments provided the first detailed descriptions of transposable elements. What exactly are these “jumping genes,” and why are they so important? As previously ...