Proper regulation of these rates is essential to tissue maintenance and repair. The spatial organization of the cells that form a tissue is also central to the tissue's function and survival.

When we think of death, we imagine a final, irreversible end. But what if death is not as absolute as it seems? What if some ...

Our research focus and goals - how cells form tissues. We are interested in how cells become specialized, and how they collaborate at the population level to collectively build organs. Our focus is on ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have uncovered new insights into how intercellular "glue" functions to enable ...

Researchers at the Kennedy Institute have developed a new computational framework that allows simultaneous analysis of gene expression and mechanical forces within cells and tissues, uncovering ...

Cells called neutrophils form gooey rings around sites where skin is punctured, study in mice shows. Immune cells in the skin ...