For years, the pancreas has been being taught in biology class as an easy system: insulin lowers blood sugar, and glucagon ...

UCSF scientists discovered that an overlooked cell type in the brain plays a central role in healing traumatic brain injury.

From the moment they're born, newborns—or, specifically, their immune systems—must learn to fight germs without harming their own tissues.

An ambitious and revolutionary initiative aims to map every cell of all eukaryotic life on Earth. The result will be a ...

CAR T cells are patient-derived, genetically engineered immune cells. They are "living drugs" and constitute a milestone in ...

The NIH is funding a new study at Weill Cornell that aims to identify the regulatory roles of gene variants involved in Type ...

A study published in Nature Communications describes how lymphatic endothelial cells assist in generating robust immune ...

Research on rare post-mortem brain tissue shows changes in gene activity, offering new insight into the biological basis of depression. Researchers from McGill University and the Douglas Institute hav ...

Researchers at Duke University used CRISPR technologies to discover previously unannotated stretches of DNA in the "dark ...

Scientists discover new intestinal cells in Burmese pythons that completely dissolve bones, explaining why they never appear ...

Stephen, 10, is being called a hero after he donated stem cells to his father, Dr. Nick Mondek, who needed a stem cell ...