Cell membranes and the proteins within them control many vital processes and play a key role in health and disease. But ...

Calcium is a near-universal signal cells use to communicate with each other. It's involved in all manner of biological ...

A brain contains hundreds or thousands of different kinds of neurons, each with its own shape, connections and function. Yet ...

UCLA researchers developed ready-made cancer-fighting T cells from cord blood stem cells that can attack solid tumors through ...

Cornell researchers have used artificial intelligence to uncover a previously unknown way cells control how proteins move ...

The human genome contains approximately 3 billion DNA letters, creating more than 9 billion possible single-letter changes. Testing the effects of each change in a laboratory would be practically ...

As the human brain takes shape before birth, a remarkable type of stem cell helps give it many of the features that make it ...

Cytek Biosciences, Inc. is set to present its advanced spectral flow cytometry solutions at two prominent clinical cytometry events this fall: the European Society for Clinical Cell Analysis (ESCCA) ...

Virtual cell models that enable the prediction of cell behavior across scales and biological contexts are rapidly emerging at the forefront of drug discovery. Tom Sercu, PhD, vice president of AI and ...

A super-resolution image of SpudCell’s liposomes with an encapsulated genome and active protein expression. Photograph: Orion Venero/Adamala Lab A tiny blob in a dish has pushed one of biology’s ...

Matthew Herper covers medical innovation — both its promise and its perils. Researchers have created what they say may count as the first synthetic cell, and have started a public benefit corporation ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell. This breakthrough in synthetic biology could usher in an era of ...