Researchers have developed a method to confidently produce blood cell precursors from stem cells in mice, by activating a set of seven key genes in the laboratory. The team takes a step forward ...

The DNA is basically a book of recipes. Each recipe tells the cells in our bodies how to make specific proteins by combining ...

The studies in the journal Science have backed up the increasing body of research work showing that astrocytes are much more ...

A 75-person team at Seattle's Allen Institute is embarking on a 10-year project called CellScapes to devise a mathematical ...

Blocking Mitch, a protein that regulates energy control, prevents fat from accumulating in human cells. About a decade ago, a ...

Additionally, having a phone under a pillow may increase the risk of accidentally activating alarms, notifications, or calls ...

Tumors are made up of millions of cells, and removing all of these cells surgically or eliminating them with medication ...

Taste, pain, or response to stress -- nearly all essential functions in the human body are regulated by molecular switches called G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Researchers have uncovered the ...

Federally funded Johns Hopkins team finds the virus ‘reprograms’ neutrophils to impair production of immune cells critical ...

In biology classes from high school through university, I learned that mitochondria are little objects that reside within ...

Is vaping cannabis less harmful to your health than smoking it? Many people seem to think so. However, two studies conducted ...

Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute have discovered that microscopic structural changes in ...