The team used human stem cells to create embryo-like structures dubbed “hematoids” that mirror some features of early human ...

Some cells, such as immune cells, are highly mobile—they constantly remodel their shape, migrate toward a wound that needs to ...

The first full-length structures of two heat shock chaperone proteins in a complex reveal the key structural region ...

MIT scientists have developed a new 3D human brain tissue model that could change how researchers study neurological diseases ...

The first full-length structures of two heat shock chaperone proteins in a complex reveal the key structural region regulating their function, according to a new study from St. Jude Children's ...

Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can ...

Researchers have identified how to encourage tumors to build their own immune hubs—structures that look and function like lymph nodes—deep in the middle of cancer. Such immune hubs, known as tertiary ...

Researchers in Göttingen, Germany, have elucidated the structure and function of otoferlin, a protein that plays a crucial ...

A class of antivirals called Pin1 inhibitors could reduce or stop outbreaks of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), the common ...

Cancer is a disease that causes abnormal cells to reproduce and spread to other parts of the body, which can result in tumors or damage to the immune system that may become fatal. Healthy cells follow ...