During his 36-year career at Cancer Center, Michael Emerman, PhD, made fundamental discoveries about HIV, the retrovirus that causes AIDS. He co-founded the field of paleovirology and considers ...

The Byers Award recognizes outstanding research by faculty members in the middle of their careers. Martin Kampman’s honorary 2025 lecture is titled “A CRISPR approach to neurodegenerative diseases.” ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand ...

Cells, including those in the human body, might have the ability to "learn," a capability ... and enhances our understanding ...

The human body comprises about 30 trillion to 40 trillion cells, but your intestines contain about 100 trillion gut bacteria.

An international research team has deciphered a mechanism of the evolutionary arms race in human cells. The findings provide ...

Hemifusomes are fused vesicles, or sacs of fluid, that were previously unknown to exist inside cells. They were discovered ...

Researchers are making ever more sophisticated mini organs in the lab — and now they can grow their own blood vessels. The ...

An international research team has uncovered a surprising way compartments within cells work together to defend themselves ...

A newly found organelle, the hemifusome, helps manage cellular recycling. It may play a role in inherited diseases and open ...

Internally, the ego protects us from vulnerable feelings, such as guilt, shame, sadness, and fear. But we don’t need ...

The discovery may explain why cutting edge CAR T-cell therapy has managed to revolutionized treatment for blood cancer but ...