In new research, scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in collaboration with ...

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 ...

In a demonstration that could help pave the way for gene therapies with fewer side effects, several human cell types have ...

Cells aren’t as passive as scientists once thought—they actively create internal currents to move proteins quickly and ...

Scientists led by Sergey Troyanovsky, Ph.D., professor of Dermatology and of Cell and Developmental Biology, have uncovered new intracellular mechanisms promoting cell-cell adhesion, a process ...

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine have identified a possible way to make longer ...

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 ...