FIC-funded research in LMICs has directly benefited health in the United States by advancing early cancer detection and the development of sickle cell disease therapies, point-of-care diagnostics ...

Globe Magazine profile of the reclusive investor and philanthropist who’d quietly bought up half of Harvard Square.

Aside from recent outbreaks of polio in war-torn regions of the world, the deadly virus is close to being eradicated, thanks ...

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered how adult stem cells retain their regenerative power.

Scientists apply principles of math and physics to unravel the mystery of how the endoplasmic reticulum, an organelle vital ...

Glycolysis is an ancient metabolic activity. It consists of a set of reactions that convert glucose into energy. This central ...

Discover how a structural breakthrough in the chikungunya virus is opening new avenues for antiviral drug development and ...

Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

On April 12, 1955, researchers announced the first polio vaccine, which was instantly ... He grew polioviruses on cultures of monkeys' kidney cells and then used formaldehyde to kill or inactivate ...

Stem cells are cells that have the capacity to self-renew by dividing and to develop into more mature, specialised cells. Stem cells can be unipotent, multipotent, pluripotent or totipotent ...