A cell on its way to becoming skin pigment, blood, or nerve does not make that shift alone. It responds to a dense web of ...

In certain contexts, the Notch receptor may participate in “reverse signaling,” influencing neighboring cells directly.

How do our genes determine our appearance and our susceptibility to disease? This question is central to biomedical research, and today we can sequence thousands of human genomes to identify these ...

New simulator and computational tools generate realistic ‘virtual tissues’ and map cell-to-cell ‘conversations’ from spatial transcriptomics data, potentially accelerating AI-driven discoveries in ...

When the liver is injured - for example, due to bile accumulation - immune cells become activated. In mouse experiments, the Würzburg team observed that certain immune cells undergo functional changes ...

When these anchors are attached to cancer drugs, they attach to cell membranes and shrink tumors better than unmodified drug ...

While much is mysterious about the aging process, change over time remains its cornerstone. The biological shifts that ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety disorders are often characterized by fearful responses in specific ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture. Grown ...

The liver is often called a "silent organ," as it can sustain significant damage without obvious symptoms. But when injury is prolonged, whether from alcohol, poor diet, or chronic hepatitis virus ...