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, ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified novel mechanisms regulating the development of the spinal column during ...

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

By unraveling the complex choreography of cellular machinery, Michigan State University researchers are helping identify the ...

Researchers at the Kennedy Institute have developed a new computational framework that allows simultaneous analysis of gene ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...

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A new study by LMU and Helmholtz Munich shows how pathogens control changes in their cell surface to evade the immune system.

In a ceremony held last month, the 2024 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize was awarded to Wesley Sundquist, PhD, Leo T. and Barbara K ...

Inside the human eye, the retina is made up of several types of cells, including the light-sensing photoreceptors that initiate the cascade of events that lead to vision.

In Nature Neuroscience, UConn School of Medicine researchers have revealed a new scientific clue that could unlock the key cellular pathway leading to devastating neurodegenerative diseases like ...

Effective models could unlock some of what is still unknown in biology and help your doctor find the right treatment.