A new single-cell profiling technique has mapped pre-malignant gene mutations and their effects in solid tissues for the ...

The discovery that tissues use electricity to expel unhealthy cells is part of a surge of renewed interest in the currents ...

Cells that are about to die send a signal to an executioner protein, but sometimes, those cells can fight back and regenerate ...

When tissue is severely damaged, surviving cells can respond in a concentrated burst of biological repair known as ...

A new mouse study suggests that "beige" fat surrounding blood vessels can send calming signals to the arteries—revealing an ...

Shedding pounds almost invariably brings health benefits. But until now, it has been unclear to what extent weight loss also ...

Researchers are developing functional, patient-specific livers using 3D bioprinting and stem cell technology to eliminate the ...

The project, titled Liver Immunocompetent Volumetric Engineering (LIVE), aims to address the shortage of donor organs by ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

An international team of researchers, with the involvement of the UAB, has conducted a study that explains the evolutionary ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

UCSF scientists engineered old fibroblast cells to turn their genes on and off in the same way as young fibroblasts. The old ...