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

A new structure in human cells has been discovered. The structure is a new type of protein complex that the cell uses to attach to its surroundings and proves to play a key part in cell division.

Researchers at ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute and the University of Delaware have uncovered what could be a biological “instruction manual” for how ...

Citations. M. Pedroza et al.Self-patterning of human stem cells into post-implantation lineages.Nature.Published online June 27, 2023. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06354-4 ...

The cells of simple organisms, such as bacteria, as well as human cells are surrounded by a membrane, which fulfills various tasks including protecting the cell from stress. Researchers have now ...

Scientists have for the first time documented all of the different cell types and genes expressed in the healthy human heart, in new research published in the journal Nature.. Cardiologists from ...

In a new study, published today (12 July) in Nature, researchers have produced the most detailed and comprehensive human Heart Cell Atlas to date, including the specialised tissue of the cardiac ...

Scientists have created synthetic blobs that resemble a 14-day-old human embryo for the first time, meaning they can study embryo development beyond a particularly tricky period of pregnancy.