Cells are the smallest units of life. But even within the same tissue or organ, they are not all identical. New variations ...

1). Each cell was then imaged every 30 minutes for up to 3 days using a microscope. Unlike previous methods, this enables simultaneous tracking of DNA replication and heritable DNA lesions over ...

Measuring the density of a cell can reveal a great deal about the cell's state. As cells proliferate, differentiate, or undergo cell death, they may gain or lose water and other molecules, which is ...

MIT researchers found a way to measure cell density quickly and accurately -- measuring up to 30,000 cells in a single hour.

Tissues consist of a heterogeneous mixture of different cell types, complicating our understanding of their biological ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this ...