She has found that nerve cells stand a better chance if they are better at clearing away harmful protein waste in flies with changes in the C9orf72 gene. Dr. Niccoli said, "Let's look at the fly ...

New research shows how aging shifts stem cells into overdrive to create more belly fat. It's no secret that our waistlines often expand in middle-age, but the problem isn't strictly cosmetic.

But sometimes biologists have a hard time seeing. One particularly vexing challenge is seeing all the molecules in an intact tissue sample, down to the level of single cells, simultaneously.

When this happens, not only do your brain and ears perceive it, but your cells may also. Technically speaking, sound is a simple phenomenon, consisting of compressional mechanical waves ...

With ongoing advances in medical technology, cell therapy using stem-cell-derived products is becoming a realistic prospect for treating many diseases. That includes Parkinson’s disease ...

For over 150 years, scientists have known that wounds alter electric fields across skin cells, says cell biologist Min Zhao of the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. But they didn ...

Imagine a super-charged immune cell that can launch a focused attack on stubborn solid tumors - a smart fighter that destroys cancer cells for days without tiring. USC biomedical engineers have ...

The researchers collected blood samples before and after the plunges to look at how the participants’ cells responded to the cold plunges. “We found that in as little as four days, cold water ...

You, me, and all of the 108 billion or so Homo sapiens who’ve ever walked the Earth have all been our own constellation of some 30 trillion cells. Each of our bodies is a collective organism of ...

In plaque stage lesions, these vascular structures have matured and extend deeper into the dermis and subcutis, eventually forming a characteristic sieve-like pattern as the spindled endothelial cells ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Cancer Center and the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor, Houston Methodist Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital led the study, ...