The human small intestine absorbs nutrients while protecting us from potentially harmful microbes. One of the cell types that ...

The Body’s Energy System May Hold The Key To Understanding Condition, Study Shows In A Nutshell What they found: Scientists ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have uncovered a surprising new function for immune ...

Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks” during cell division. Instead of acting like a motor, it works more like ...

Two years after this, Sakaguchi was able to link these discoveries. He proved that the Foxp3 gene governs the development of ...

Microtubules perform an active role in communication within the cell by transmitting received signals to the cell's ...

Certain amounts of hydrogen sulfide can help protect aging brains from Alzheimer’s disease, according to a 2021 study ...

Ant colonies rely on a division of labour so specialised that it mirrors the way the cells of a body divide tasks.

Tiny structures inside your cells keep your body alive by turning food into fuel. These structures, called mitochondria, ...

Deep inside your nervous system, a tiny fault in how cells make energy can quietly change the course of a life. That hidden ...

By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...