Life Science

Novel inexpensive, shelf-stable, easy-to-use tests bring lab-level precision to the home and field

Professor Michael Levin’s research into how cells work collectively has already led to artificial living organisms. Could it also help us fight cancer or regrow...

A year-long undergraduate course encourages deep conversations about connecting with community

The multicellular bots move around and help heal ‘wounds’ created in cultured neurons

Experiment with birds connects changes in body surface temperature with heart rate to offer a new, non-invasive technique

Researchers at the HNRCA and across Tufts are studying why we get older, and how to stay healthy as we do

There are different ways cells can 'decide' to die, and each serves a particular purpose, says a Ph.D. candidate at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

A Tufts DNA researcher explains today’s top theories as to why we age

The Adventures in Veterinary Medicine program connects middle and high school students with Tufts students to build mentoring relationships and help develop the...

Our bodies’ natural system to repair what breaks down inside us falters as we get older, explains an expert