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Looking around us, we can see that people age at different rates. But what about inside? Do all cells age in the same way? Researchers have now shown in the liver of mice that liver cells age differently depending on where they are located.

An international team of researchers has demonstrated that genetically engineered yeast cells can produce the natural plant product alstonine, which has shown positive effects in treating schizophrenia.

The largest and most diverse investigation into prostate cancer genetics yet, which included major increases in representation among men from different racial and ethnic groups, has revealed 187 new risk variants.

Chinese scientists report the first birth of a live chimeric monkey whose cells largely derive from a line of monkey stem cells. Their findings are published in Cell.

Interactions among microorganisms within the human gut may be associated with increased anxiety levels in people with depression, according to research led by UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Researchers identify a membrane transporter in rice that regulates the accumulation and localization of silicon in the leaves.

Researchers at Lund University, together with colleagues at the NIST Synchrotron Facility in the USA, have mapped on an atomic level what happens in a virus particle when the temperature is raised.

A study analzyes the genetics of 275 human lice, revealing new clues about human migration.

The Synthetic Yeast Genome Project 2.0 declares a major milestone: it has created a yeast strain comprising over 50% synthetic DNA.

Genetic information collected from seemingly healthy tissue near lung tumors may be a better predictor of whether cancer will come back after treatment than analysis of the tumors themselves.