A genomic atlas of Nematostella vectensis reveals how primitive animals created multiple cell types millions of years ago, ...

Cells experience many different types of stress, such as starvation or stress caused by too much salt or too high a temperature. Insulin signals respond to such stress signals by sending the protein ...

New research reveals how a class of neurons that help coordinate communication in the brain link up with their target cells, ...

Our brain is arguably the organ that most distinguishes humans from other primates. Its exceptional size, complexity and capabilities far exceed those of any other species on Earth. Yet humans share ...

In order to reprogram readily available cells into specific immune cells that fight various diseases, one must know the ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have found that two of the most frequently administered stem cell therapies, which are often used interchangeably, actually contain ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

The study, published in British scientific journal Nature, suggests that the disease may begin in basal stem cells — ...