In a demonstration that could help pave the way for gene therapies with fewer side effects, several human cell types have ...

A German University has explained how each and every one of our individual cells have an internal alarm system that reacts to ...

A Franco-British team of scientists has explored two human proteins recently identified as immune enzymes. Structural studies ...

In a bid to better understand, and potentially treat, a host of conditions that affect early cognition, neurodevelopment, and ...

Researchers recently developed a bone marrow model to study how the body generates cells. Interestingly, this model is the first of its kind to be developed entirely from human cells. Not only can ...

In a bid to better understand, and potentially treat, a host of conditions that affect early cognition, neurodevelopment and ...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” tells the story of an ordinary African-American woman whose cells were taken without ...

Brain immune cells may be responsible for the formation of Alzheimer's plaques, revealing a key turning point in this neurological disease.

"The infection of our body cells is like a dance between virus and cell," suggested Yohei Yamauchi at ETH Zurich. With their new system, the team watched how single flu virus particles move across the ...

Hygiene in everyday items that touch the body—such as clothing, masks, and toothbrushes—is critically important. The underlying principle of how graphene selectively eliminates only bacteria has now ...

Scientists have developed a new class of microscopic antibody fragments capable of functioning inside human cells, overcoming a long-standing limitation in biomedical science.

A human female is born with all the egg cells she will ever have. The possibility for the development of new oocytes is zero. Given this constraint, it is crucial that these gametes remain healthy and ...