The immune cell repertoire is composed of many different cell types that are orchestrated in response to infection and other pathogens that enter the body. As a result, the body can defend itself ...
An international group of researchers has identified an important mechanism that enables stem cells to evade immune rejection ...
Crypt-base-columnar cells are continuously dividing intestinal stem cells that generate IECs, which are composed by distinct specialised cell types that play different functions: Enterocytes (in the ...
Researchers at Instituto Cajal (CSIC), the Autonomous University of Madrid and Institute de Salud Carlos III recently carried out a study aimed at better understanding the contributions of astrocytes, ...
Medulloblastomas, brain tumors in children, are thought to develop between the first trimester of pregnancy and the end of the first year of life. Researchers have now analyzed the genetic changes of ...
Specialized intestinal cells help pythons digest their prey's skeletons, a new study finds. (Image credit: Zoonar GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo) Researchers found that specialized cells in Burmese pythons' ...