All life is connected in a vast family tree. Every organism exists in relationship to its ancestors, descendants, and cousins ...

Like AI, cells change and learn from experience, while unlike computer chips they arrive naturally preprogrammed ...

Apart from carrying the information to encode proteins in, RNA molecules can adopt intricate 2D and 3D structures. Specifically, the same RNA molecule can switch between ON and OFF structures, ...

Konstanz researchers identify an enzyme that plays a role in the migration of cells in our body—not only during normal tissue ...

Konstanz researchers identify an enzyme that plays a role in the migration of cells in our body - not only during normal tissue formation and wound healing, but also when tumor cells metastasize. This ...

Immune responses rely on the efficient movement of immune cells within the complex and geometrically unpredictable ...

Scientists create smart cells that administer automatic treatments from inside the human body, reacting within seconds to ...

Human egg cells slow the activity of internal waste disposal systems as they mature, keeping metabolism low and damage at bay ...

Human eggs are some of the most patient cells in the body, lying dormant for decades until needed. A study published today in The EMBO Journal shows that the cells deliberately slow the activity of ...

Researchers in the UK have received approval to conduct the first ever human trials for a stem cell treatment to reverse hearing loss.

Scientists have done something straight out of a sci-fi movie—they’ve created a super powerful computer using human cells! 🧬 This bio-computer uses brain cells, or neurons, to process ...