Hemifusomes are fused vesicles, or sacs of fluid, that were previously unknown to exist inside cells. They were discovered ...

Since the mapping of the human genome in 2003, synthetic biology has reached a new milestone. British researchers are now ...

A new organelle has been found by scientists at the University of Virginia (UVA). The super-small specialized structure has a ...

University of Virginia scientists discover new cell organelle called "hemifusome" that helps manage cellular recycling.

By using a genetic technique developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that forces cells to rid themselves of mitochondria, ...

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

The Synthetic Human Genome (SynHG) Project, launched on the 25th anniversary of the mapping of the human genome, is being ...

In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers in the Netherlands have successfully edited harmful mutations ...

Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first.