A mouse study funded by the NIH offers insights into how aging may influence genetic activity in brain cells. New brain ...

The tail enables the sperm to swim. The nerve cell is extended, so that nerves can run to and from different parts of the body to the central nervous system. The cell has extensions and branches ...

The brain plays a big part in the aging process, and scientists think they’ve pinpointed the specific cells that control it.

The collection of proteins within a cell determines its health and function. Proteins are responsible for nearly every task of cellular life, including cell shape and inner organization, product ...