Spending time aboard the International Space Station (ISS) induced aging-like changes in a group of cells key for the health ...

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 ...

The research describes a novel and unusual mechanism for T cells to remember the pathogens and cancers that they had ...

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 ...

In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells directly into brain cells extremely efficiently, without needing to go ...

A new study from Duke University School of Medicine is challenging long-standing views on blood sugar regulation—and pointing ...

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.

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

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