Other cells, such as glial cells, support the function of neurons. Neuroscience has often painted glial cells as the glue ...

Proteins long known to be essential for hearing have been hiding a talent: they also act as gatekeepers that shuffle fatty ...

Let’s start with a quick biology refresher: Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. They convert the food we eat into ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected reason why some cancers return after initially responding to treatment.

A groundbreaking study shatters the myth of permanent cardiac damage, revealing that the heart can naturally trigger cell ...

The Trade-off Between Physiological Authenticity and Experimental Convenience: Navigating the Cellular Foundation of ...

A new study identifies an extreme but effective way that brain immune cells can prevent the parasite Toxoplasma gondii from spreading: they kill themselves to eliminate the dangerous microbes they ...

As space agencies prepare for human missions to the moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity ...

Extreme endurance running damages red blood cells in ways that may affect their ability to function properly, according to a ...

Ribosomes, the cell's protein-making factories, consume large amounts of energy as they build the proteins that keep cells ...

When HHMI Investigator Amita Sehgal started studying sleep 25 years ago, the topic elicited a yawn from most biologists. "In ...

Scientists in China have unveiled a breakthrough way to mass-produce powerful cancer-fighting immune cells in the lab. By ...