The National Institutes of Health’s move to end support for research using fetal human tissue is “clearly a political decision, not a scientific one,” one expert says

A company’s plan to edit the genomes of human embryos worries some researchers — but it might reflect the changing attitudes towards the controversial approach.

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking discoveries on peripheral immune tolerance, a mechanism that prevents the body’s immune system from attacking its own cells.Announced on Monday by Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, the award recognises decades of research that deepened understanding of autoimmune diseases and paved the way for new treatments in immunology and cancer therapy.

Many Chinese researchers have received enviable benefits and positions after returning from training abroad.

The best results come when a human and the model work together.

Early-career researchers’ access to neutron-beam instruments jumped from 61% to 78% at one Australian facility.

The journal Science retracts a headline-grabbing study, but the authors vigorously defend their data and say the retraction is unwarranted.

Gavi, the vaccine provider for the world’s poorest people, needs an extra US$3 billion to protect infants and other vulnerable groups. More donors must step up.

Families with three or more boys, for example, are more likely to have another boy than a girl as the next child.

Current procedures for reviving a heart for transplant are ethically fraught or expensive.

Long-awaited results suggest that mitochondrial donation can prevent babies from inheriting diseases caused by mutant mitochondria.

Massive proteomics database links gene variant APOE4 to chronic inflammation.

Nature - These sophisticated models will be used for human-development studies and drug testing.

When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.

Brain–computer interfaces being trialled in China offer some advantages over Neuralink and other leading US devices.

Survey finds law requiring married couples to share the same family name causes havoc for researchers.

Abstracts included telltale words, such as ‘unparalleled’ and ‘invaluable’, that are common in text generated by large language models.

The decades-old limit on how long human embryos can be grown in culture is under debate. A new road map outlines how to extend the length of culture responsibly.

Studies of the regenerative powers of worms, zebrafish and lizards suggest ways to improve recovery in people.

The hearts started to beat in the pig–human hybrids, which survived for 21 days.

Human cells injected into amniotic fluid find their way into fetal mouse organs.

Critics fear that anti-vaccine leader’s picks for crucial committee will be a ‘disaster for public health’.

Early investigations by the Japanese company identified issues with speed and a sensor measuring the craft's altitude.

US agency’s new policy could abruptly end studies of infectious diseases and cancer, leaving researchers scrambling for funds.

On May 11, the Israeli Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited ruling in the case known as the “Assuta Embryo Mix-Up.” The case has drawn

The history books say Europeans brought leprosy to the Americas, but analysis of ancient DNA reveals that a form of the disease was present in Argentina and Canada much earlier

Over a decade, Tianwen-2 will sample rocks from a near-Earth asteroid, return them to Earth and then visit a comet.

Over a decade, Tianwen-2 will sample rocks from a near-Earth asteroid, return them to Earth and then visit a comet.

The offers follow the United States administration’s decision last week to prevent the prestigious university from enrolling foreign students.

The study adds to evidence challenging the dominance of ‘natural selection’ as the sole adaptive force in evolution.

Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.

Samples could provide an objective measure of diets and help to unravel their contribution to disease.

Bats are important reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens, but suitable model systems for comprehensively exploring host-pathogen interactions and assessing spillover risks remain limited. To address this g...

At least 2,500 applications for research funding have been denied so far this year.

Immune-cell function improved in a teenager whose DNA was altered using prime editing.

Treatment seems to have been effective, but it is not clear whether such bespoke therapies can be widely applied.

The US administration has cancelled ‘DEI grants’ without defining DEI, leaving health-equity researchers in the dark.

When LLMs are grouped together, they exhibit similar characteristics to human societies.

The sacs grew to roughly 2 centimeters wide and could be used to study early pregnancy.

An executive order suspends the use of federal funds for certain experiments on pathogens with pandemic potential. Critics say low-risk science could be affected too.

An executive order suspends the use of federal funds for certain experiments on pathogens with pandemic potential. Critics say low-risk science could be affected too.

Studies show the therapy is safe, but bigger trials are needed to prove its efficacy.

In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t.