Cells can spontaneously change shape even without external signals, but the underlying mechanisms behind this form of ...

Researchers at Hebrew University use RNA trans-splicing to program cells for disease detection ...

As we get older, our bodies change in many ways. For example, muscles tend to get weaker as people age. Researchers have now ...

Creating artificial systems that mimic the functioning of cells is one of the goals of what is known as synthetic biology. These models, known as synthetic or biomimetic cells, allow some of the basic ...

People need to sleep, and sleep deprivation can cause many changes in the brain. But we have a poor understanding of why sleep is so crucial. New research has examined a fruit fly model to assess how ...

Scientists at City of Hope have uncovered a gene called SMOC1 that plays a surprising role in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D) by converting pancreatic cells that normally produce insulin into ...

A new review argues that aging may not be just a collection of molecular defects, but a progressive drift in cell identity that links inflammation, fibrosis, mitochondrial damage, and tissue decline.

The regulatory division of the immune system is vital for its overall function. Immune T cells originate in the bone marrow and then travel to the thymus—a kind of biological police academy. 2 Here, ...

Multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer in adults. It starts in the white blood cells that are responsible for creating antibodies that help the body fight infections. Once the myeloma ...

Scientists have uncovered a molecular switch that could explain why colorectal cancer becomes far more dangerous once it ...

The study reveals that prenatal fructose exposure directly alters neural stem cells (NSCs), the foundational master cells ...