Cells are not passive victims of stress, waiting for damage to accumulate before reacting. They are equipped with intricate ...

Researchers have developed synthetic genes that function like the genes in living cells. The artificial genes can build intracellular structures through a cascading sequence that builds ...

Akhilesh Gaharwar and PhD student John Soukar, along with their fellow researchers from the Department of Biomedical ...

Inside human cells, biology has pulled off the ultimate packing job, figuring out how to fit six feet of DNA into a nucleus ...

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

For years, Yale researchers David Breslow and Mustafa Khokha have worked together with a similar challenge in their ...

A Japanese research team has successfully reproduced the human neural circuit in vitro using multi-region miniature organs ...

In several disease conditions, including infections and cancers, innate immune activation and nutrient scarcity occur ...

Scientists are learning how to revive faltering human cells by loading them with fresh power plants, effectively repairing ...

Hormones coordinate different body functions by carrying messages through the bloodstream to target cells and tissues. Hormonal imbalances occur through inadequate or excess hormone synthesis, which ...

Scientists have uncovered how a molecule called spermine, naturally produced by the body, helps cells neutralize toxic ...