Average location of 17 structures, each a different color, inside of a human cell. (Allen Institute Image / Matheus P. Viana et al. ) Our cells are built from smaller structures that specialize in the ...

A protein located in the wrong part of a cell can contribute to several diseases, such as Alzheimer's, cystic fibrosis, and cancer. But there are about 70,000 different proteins and protein variants ...

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

Many living organisms are able to regenerate damaged or lost tissue, but why some are particularly good at this and others ...