T helper (TH) cells are essential immune cells that help other immune cells function effectively. When activated in response ...

Genes contain instructions for making proteins, and a central dogma of biology is that this information flows from DNA to RNA to proteins. But only two percent of the human genome actually encodes ...

As new cells begin to proliferate, old cells must be removed to make room and maintain tissue balance and function. One ...

Researchers at UC San Diego have examined the critical role of goblet cells in gut immunity and health. GCs create a mucus ...

A research team reported recently that heart muscle cells grown from induced pluripotent stem cells can integrate into the hearts of monkeys with a state of pressure overload.

In a recent study, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have provided new insights into the central role ...

A Japanese team has developed a technique to insert chloroplasts isolated from algae into animal cells, a feat that could ...

Immune-cell therapy shrank children's brain tumors, restored neurologic function and—for one participant—erased all detectable traces of a brain cancer.

The hair follicle is a dynamic miniature organ. Its permanent portion opens to the skin surface, communicates with sebaceous ...

In recent years, scientists have created a range of new methods based on CRISPR-Cas technology for precisely editing the ...

Instead of sending tourists to space, scientists have found a more practical use for the final frontier: growing better ...