Scientists are developing a "sponge" that can soak up pain signals in the body before they reach the brain, potentially ...

New research reveals that certain brain tumors may originate silently within normal brain cells long before a tumor forms.

Cells that are about to die send a signal to an executioner protein, but sometimes, those cells can fight back and regenerate ...

That’s only one problem. Your immune system also has an adaptive system of specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy invading microbes. This system remembers what those intruders ...

Researchers have found a reliable way to grow helper T cells from stem cells, solving a major challenge in immune-based ...

Modern cells are complex chemical entities with cytoskeletons, finely regulated internal and external molecules, and genetic ...

Gut support cells communicate with surprising precision – like brain neurons – using tiny extensions to send instructions to the stem cells responsible for maintaining and healing the intestine. The ...

A collaborative team of four professors and several graduate students from the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemical ...

For the first time, high-resolution time-lapse videos of tiny bits of living plants show how they assemble their protective cell walls, researchers report March 21 in Science Advances. The image ...

A new study suggests that never-seen-before stem cells in the human retina can restore vision in mice with a common eye disorder. But more work is needed to translate the treatment to people. When you ...