Scientists have identified two specific types of brain cells that behave differently in people with depression, offering a ...

Gene editing has emerged as a powerful approach for targeting the genetic causes of disease, but getting the editing ...

Scientists at EPFL have developed CenSpark, a fluorescent probe that makes centrioles and cilia visible inside living cells, ...

The device may unlock the brain's neuroscience and energy efficiency secrets.

Even as you read this sentence, the brain cells you are using to process it might be mutating. What if these changes could be ...

Scientists have uncovered how graphene oxide pulls off a remarkable trick: it hunts down and destroys harmful bacteria while leaving human cells completely unharmed. By targeting a molecule found only ...

Chemotherapy kills cancer cells, but it also leaves behind something troubling: damaged cells that stop dividing yet refuse ...

Immune cells that help to fight off foreign invaders in the body also provide crucial support for muscles during exercise, ...

A growing body of research suggests astrocytes, star-shaped brain cells once dismissed as support players, may lead the way ...

Researchers at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside have discovered previously unrecognized ...

The average lifespan of a red blood cell is just under four months, while skin cells last about a month and those in the ...