In people not adapted to life at altitude, the sparse oxygen can impair fetal growth, causing issues that can last a lifetime ...
Environmental stress in evolution can be reframed as a powerful engine of innovation, not simply a barrier to survival.
Our skin and mucous membranes protect us like vigilant sentinels against the onslaught of harmful pathogens. This extraordinary defense owes its strength to epithelial cells—specialized tissues woven ...
Researchers have uncovered a stealth survival strategy that melanoma cells use to evade targeted therapy, offering a ...
Researchers have uncovered a stealth survival strategy that melanoma cells use to evade targeted therapy, offering a ...
Encelto is small, semi-permeable capsule implanted in the eye that contains allogeneic retinal pigment epithelium cells ...
Antibodies, which recognize viruses and proteins that the body has encountered before, have long gotten most of the credit ...
New imaging reveals a built-in safeguard that allows B cell populations to rapidly expand in germinal centers without introducing deleterious mutations.
Organelles in cells were originally often independent cells, which were incorporated by host cells and lost their independence in the course of evolution. Biologists are now examining the way in which ...
Mitochondria are the powerhouses in our cells, producing the energy for all vital processes. Using cryo-electron tomography, ...
Cellular reprogramming is an intrinsic evolutionary trait to constantly promote adaptations that confer survival advantage.