Every pregnancy depends on an organ that most people will never see. As organs go, the placenta — the tissue that surrounds a developing fetus — is a jack of all trades. It can filter toxins like a ...

A study has found that primary cilia differ across brain regions and may locally produce proteins, challenging long-standing ...

Researchers with the global Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium report significant progress in their quest for a better understanding of the cells of the human body in health and disease, with the ...

The primary cilium acts as a specialized protein factory essential for brain development and linked to Filippi syndrome.

The From Labs to Lives Blog connects everyday topics with UC Davis research. Each post is reviewed by our experts, ensuring you always get useful information you can trust. Because we can’t see them, ...

Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body’s estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique role, and knowing what all the cells do can help scientists better ...

Researchers have captured the assembly of the NLRP3 inflammasome inside intact human cells for the first time. These ...

The human body contains around 36 trillion to 37 trillion cells, and researchers are mapping out where every one of those cells lives. Scientists with the Human Cell Atlas (HCA), an international ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have developed a remarkable new way for making human body cells behave like egg cells—a technique that could change the course of the future of ...