The discovery that tissues use electricity to expel unhealthy cells is part of a surge of renewed interest in the currents ...

Randomness inside cells can decide whether a cancer returns after chemotherapy or whether an infection survives antibiotics.

Cells do more than carry out chemical reactions. New theoretical work suggests they may also generate usable electrical ...

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...

The Monash University study, published in the prestigious journal Cell, used an ultra powerful imaging method called cryo-EM to reveal at near-atomic detail that KICSTOR positions GATOR1 so it can ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

Diverse, specialized immune cells defend against pathogens and cancer cells. A new study reveals the comprehensive lipid compositions of these cells, with unique lipidomes associated with various ...

The study's main contributors include (L-R) graduate student Joshua Shaffer, professor Upasna Sharma, and postdoc Alka Gupta. (Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta) The pioneering research of UC Santa Cruz’s ...

A new study from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Institut Curie reveals how stem cells sense and respond to their environment, with implications for inflammatory bowel disease and ...

Researchers discovered that pressure and cell division rate influence the form of fluid-filled cavities in the developing ...