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

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

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

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 ...

Too much fat can be unhealthy: how fat cells, so-called adipocytes, develop, is crucial for the function of the fat tissue.

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

The movement of epithelial cells during wound healing is mediated by the endoplasmic reticulum, which senses the curvature of wound gaps.

In the past decade, there has been significant interest in studying the expression of our genetic code down to the level of ...

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

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

A man with type 1 diabetes has become the first patient to produce his own insulin after receiving genetically engineered ...