A team of scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that controls how genes are switched "on" and "off" during embryonic development.

Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious initiative to chart how the many types of brain cells emerge and mature ...

Making a Type-O kidney from a donor of another blood type has long been synthetic medicine's white whale. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit ...

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Scientists have converted the blood type of a donor kidney and transplanted the organ into a person. The procedure — the first of its kind — could improve access to donor organs, specialists say, ...