Researchers discovered that epithelial cells that line human skin are able to communicate danger to the body through a silent ...

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities -- are mute, ...

The Organ-on-a-Chip (OOAC) technology simulates various organ systems depending on the specific cell types seeded onto the ...

There are three main types of ovarian cancer: epithelial, germ cell, and stromal. Learn about each type’s defining characteristics.

Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells. This “barrier” tissue performs its function thanks to ...

Textbooks usually depict the epithelial cells encasing the interior and exterior of your body as passive barriers. But ...

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of ...

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The study found that gastric cells in some individuals carried three copies of certain chromosomes, hinting toward exposure ...

For the first time, scientists have systematically analyzed somatic mutations in stomach lining tissue to unpick mutational ...