The body's cells change their shape to close gaps such as wounds—with part of the cell flexing depending on the curve of the ...

By revealing the molecular mechanisms behind the peacekeeping abilities of specialized immune cells, scientists are ...

Cells close wounds by re-shaping their endoplasmic reticulum, switching between crawling and contracting movements depending ...

A new study has created the first single-cell map of how DNA is regulated and organized inside different cell-types of human ...

Kidney and nerve tissue cells can form memories much like brain cells, one new study has found. Another recent study says that memories of obesity stored in fat tissue may be partly responsible ...

Most cells in the body are polarized, showing some level of shape and functional asymmetry, such as apico–basal or front–back polarity. Tissues are formed from the coordinated integration of ...

More than one-sixth of adults around the world experience infertility in their lifetime. There is a high unmet need not only ...

New synthetic biosensors developed by Professor Josh Leonard give immune cells the ability to read their environment and act ...

Natural killer cells, also referred to as NK cells, play several major roles in the body's defense against cancers like renal ...

Fat tissue comes from the same embryonic tissue as bone marrow, a traditional stem cell source, so scientists reasoned that fat might contain similar cells. In 2002, UCLA researchers discovered ...

For all of human history, death has been viewed as a final cessation of life in an organism, but new research is offering ...