University of Virginia scientists discover new cell organelle called "hemifusome" that helps manage cellular recycling.

Audible sound can affect gene activity in mouse cells, boosting the attachment of muscle precursors to surrounding tissue and ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

That extra step, however, might hold a key for better understanding certain genetic conditions, many of which stem from ...

Modern humans have existed for more than 200,000 years, and each new generation has begun with a single cell—dividing, ...

A surprising discovery about how brain cells handle sugar could shift how scientists approach dementia and Alzheimer’s ...

Every day, our bodies perform around 330 billion cell divisions to keep us alive and functioning. These divisions rely on the ...

The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the ...

During animal development, cells divide and arrange themselves in a coordinated way, eventually forming the embryo. The cells communicate with one another during this process through cell-surface ...

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Insulin-producing human pancreas cells can be manufactured with 3D printers, researchers reported at the International Transplant Congress underway in Lo ...