Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, marked by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. What makes it ...

“For many cell-based therapies, progress comes from connecting the right pieces at the right moment,” Klein said. “When ...

Up to 20% of hormone receptor-positive breast cancers don't respond to antiestrogen therapies. A study led by researchers at ...

Researchers have developed two innovative tools to help us delve deeper into cell communication, offering spatial insight ...

Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...

Human heart development is largely influenced by neural crest cells, which carefully regulate a key growth signal.

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

New study by UC Santa Cruz team discovers that early pregnancy in mice reduces buildup of ‘confused’ cells that could lead to breast cancer later in life ...

For much of the 20th century it was thought that the adult brain was incapable of regeneration. This view has since shifted dramatically and neurogenesis – the birth of new neurons – is now a widely ...

People need to sleep, and sleep deprivation can cause many changes in the brain. But we have a poor understanding of why sleep is so crucial. New research has examined a fruit fly model to assess how ...