New method developed by UTSW researchers removes mysterious organelles from stem cells and embryos to uncover their roles.

Cell death is a fundamental physiological process that all organisms undergo and is crucial for organ maintenance, autoimmunity, and embryonic development. Some of the different types of ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand ...

In a scientific first, researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Diego, have generated a ...

A previously unknown structure discovered in our cells could pave the way toward new treatments for various genetic disorders.. The existence of the organelle—which has been dubbed the ...

Researchers catalogue more than 3,000 different types of cell in our most complex organ. The enormous cell atlas offers a detailed snapshot of the most complex known organ. “It’s highly ...