Creating artificial systems that mimic the functioning of cells is one of the goals of what is known as synthetic biology.

Immunity is orchestrated by two responses referred to as the innate and adaptive immune systems. Each system works to ...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered how tumors disable immune "gatekeeper" cells that alert the ...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered how tumors disable immune "gatekeeper" cells that alert the rest of the immune system to the presence of cancer - and how restoring ...

Penn State researchers have developed a technique they call “cellular snowballing,” in which lab-grown cells mixed with ...

The cerebellum is instrumental in coordinating movement and refining motor control through intricate neuronal circuitry, with Purkinje cells serving as the central integrators of sensory inputs and ...

Cells manage a wide range of functions in their tiny package — growing, moving, housekeeping, and so on — and most of those functions require energy. But how do cells get this energy in the first ...

The human body is made up of trillions of cells that perform functions from skin protection to muscle movement. Cells can ...

Scientists uncover a metabolic vulnerability in aging cells that could be key to restoring resilience and combating ...

Jeffrey Moore lab studies how the microtubule network organizes the contents within cells and how problems can cause diseases ...

Mount Sinai researchers have published the first organ-wide human skin spatial atlas from across the body. It provides an ...

A group of nerve cells essential for cognition may be especially vulnerable to DNA damage upon exposure to inflammation in MS.