The membrane-bound organelle appears to play a huge role in helping cells sort, discard, and recycle their contents. It's ...

Scientists create smart cells that administer automatic treatments from inside the human body, reacting within seconds to ...

Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) are a specialized subgroup of immune cells that play a central role in the human immune ...

Konstanz researchers identify an enzyme that plays a role in the migration of cells in our body—not only during normal tissue ...

Biophysicist Seham Ebrahim of the University of Virginia and her team of researchers were observing mammalian cells when they discovered hemifusomes, which previously eluded detection because they are ...

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

A new federal initiative seeks to develop stem cell treatments and other technology to repair brain tissue damaged by stroke, ...

Scientists have attempted to map the human cell since the first microscope was invented more than 400 years ago. But many components of the cell still remain uncharted. "We know each of the ...

An international team of scientists a family genome sequences known as “transposable elements,” and found they play a vital ...

Gain-of-function experiments are ingrained in the scientific process. In many instances, the benefits that stem from gain-of-function experiments are not immediately clear. Only decades later does the ...

What scientists once dismissed as junk DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new international ...

The human body comprises roughly 37 trillion cells, with each cell type having a unique function. Sign up here. The researchers aim to have a first draft of the atlas done in the next year or two.