A study conducted at the Hubrecht Institute reveals that the intestines use the rhythm of a signal to decide which cells to ...

As an embryo develops from a small cluster of stem cells, those once "blank slate" cells begin to take on more specialized ...

Deep in the lining of the small intestine, cells are talking to each other in a language scientists are only now beginning to ...

Certain cells, commonly called excitable cells, are unique because of their ability to generate electrical signals. Although ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

B cells are an important part of the immune system and help the body recognize and fight infections. A group of B cells known ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cells in the human brain, according to the latest ...

In a study of fingertip regeneration, a team led by JAX senior research scientist James Godwin found that some immune cells ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a three-layer model of human blood vessels that enables researchers to ...

It looks like a magic trick: Cells at the bottom of a liquid medium begin levitating, then hovering at a particular height. With no physical contact, an invisible force directs certain cells to float ...