Trudy Forte discusses her work developing nano-sized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles that can be used as a...

The size of an organ or organism depends mainly on the sizes and numbers of the cells it contains. In the first...

Regeneration has fascinated philosophers and scientists since the beginning of history. The wide but uneven...

In this set of lectures, I describe the threat facing the world from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and a...

How do simple cells differentiate, assemble into communities, and cope with change? Losick's seminar addresses these...

Sally Temple is a neuroscientist tracing the natural interactions of differentiating neurons, bringing us closer to...

In the third and last part of this lecture, I will introduce the model system we have developed to study animal...

The plasma membrane demarcates the inside of the living cell from the outside, serving both as the ultimate physical...

The first segment of this presentation describes the rationale for using plant biomass as a source of fuels and...

In this second part of the lecture, I will briefly review the rich history of planarian research, followed by a...

In Part 3: How chordates got their chord, Marc Kirschner (Harvard Medical School) discusses how the overall body plan...

For more information see: http://richarddawkins.net/ Break the Science Barrier follows the Oxford Biologist Richard...

Many antibiotics, which we have taken foregranted since the 1950's, are now becoming ineffective because bacteria...

What do "mad cows", people with neurodegenerative diseases and yeast cells growing happily on a deadly antibiotic...