Like all complex organisms, every human originates from a single cell that multiplies through countless cell divisions.

A recent review by Prof. Zhu Bing and Associate Professor Xiong Jun from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy ...

University of South Alabama researchers report that neurons can transfer mitochondria directly to cancer cells, enhancing ...

ADESAYO TALABI is a poet, content creator, and advocate whose life has been deeply shaped by Sickle Cell disease, not through her diagnosis, but through the painful loss of two sisters to the ...

At the heart of our cells, a previously unknown structure has just been identified, shedding new light on essential ...

Each small, bulb-shaped cell holds a nematocyst, a barbed, threadlike tube that is filled with venom. On the outside of each cell is a tiny hair, referred to as a cnicocil.

Researchers developed a computational pipeline that combines 3D imaging, trait databases, and light simulation to quantify ...

Despite being genetically identical, bacteria can vary considerably in shape and size. Whether these variations affect bacterial function has remained an open question. Researchers at the Helmholtz ...

Glial cells play an important role in supporting the body's central and peripheral nervous systems. Several types, each with different functions, of glial cells exist. Learn more here.

A new machine learning model shows that star-shaped brain cells may be responsible for the brain's memory capacity, and ...