All cells in the body contain the same DNA, but different cell types express different genes; skin cells express genes for ...

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 ...

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

Antiretroviral treatments for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) have been extremely successful in extending life expectancy ...

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

How tissue geometry influences the movement of cells through the body Date: November 20, 2020 Source: University of California - Santa Barbara Summary: Cells move constantly throughout our bodies ...

New human cell atlases track how tissues develop, providing a road map for research by Alan Boyle on November 12, 2020 at 11:00 am ...

Credit: Robin Harris (CC BY 4.0) Researchers have shed new light on how tissues in the body are repaired following the damage and premature death of tissue cells.

The most common cancer-causing strain of human papillomavirus (HPV), HPV16, undermines the body's defenses by reprogramming ...

Researchers have created a way to guide and control the development of stem cells into specific tissues and organs, opening the door to developing a means of one day tackling complex diseases like ...

“Senescent cells can occupy niches with privileged positions as ‘sentinels’ that monitor tissue for injury and respond by stimulating nearby stem cells to grow and initiate repair,” said Tien Peng, MD ...

The research builds on a recent body of work that suggests that mitochondria are social organelles that can talk to one another even when they are in different tissues. In essence, the mitochondria ...