Within multicellular organisms, tissues are organized communities of cells that work together to carry out a specific function. The exact role of a tissue in an organism depends on what types of ...

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 ...

Sometimes it’s easy to tell if something is living or not. A teddy bear might look like a bear, but it cannot do any of the seven things it needs to be able to do to count as being alive.

Scientists identify mutation patterns in healthy stomach lining, offering new insights into the earliest steps of cancer ...

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 ...