Cells navigating in complex microenvironments frequently encounter narrow spaces that physically challenge migration.

The live-action Cells at Work! movie succeeds where most other live-action anime movies fail, but still falls short in one ...

Food in, energy out? It’s not as simple as that. How do cells meet our bodies’ ever changing energy needs? In most animal cells, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a compound with high potential ...

Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, were more likely to survive malaria, a disease which kills some 1.2 million people every year.

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more ...

The upper part of the leaf is where the light falls, and it contains a type of cell called a palisade cell. This is adapted to absorb a lot of light. It has lots of chloroplasts and is shaped like ...

The traditional definition of death as “the irreversible cessation of an organism’s general functioning” is being challenged by observations of persistent cellular activity and adaptation.

The human immune system is like an army of specialized soldiers (immune cells) each with a unique role to play in fighting disease. In a new study published in Nature, led by scientists at the Allen ...

The evolutionary link between sickle-cell trait and malaria resistance ... of natural selection can help elucidate the evolutionary adaptations that have allowed humans to withstand some of ...

This study provides a valuable new resource to investigate the molecular basis of the particular features characterizing the pipefish embryo. The authors found both unique and shared gene expression ...

After treating a tumor with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, cells known as senescent cells can appear. These are cells that do not divide, are involved in the aging process, and are resistant to cell ...