A new study suggests that a group of cells, key for the health of blood and the immune system, are vulnerable to aging-like ...

The world of cells is surprisingly noisy. Each cell carries unique genetic information, but when we try to measure cellular ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on ...

A new study, led by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of ...

The NIH is funding a new study at Weill Cornell that aims to identify the regulatory roles of gene variants involved in Type ...

In the cancer type multiple myeloma, the malignant cells differ significantly from normal cells regarding the layer of ...

Scientists discover new intestinal cells in Burmese pythons that completely dissolve bones, explaining why they never appear ...

A few years ago, Dr. Shapiro's team demonstrated that an enzyme, known as ST8Sia6, that increases sialic acid on the surface ...

Some types of sickle cell disease cause severe illness, while others have a mild or unapparent course. Sickle cell disease is present from birth and inherited from genes you receive from your parents.