In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

The ability to analyze gene expression at the single-cell level—known as single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq)—has ...

Using 'fission yeast', a single-celled organism that mirrors many of the inner workings of human cells, the research team ...

Like all complex organisms, every human originates from a single cell that multiplies through countless cell divisions.

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

The study, led by biologists at Harvard University, found that the slugs build sac-like structures known as kleptosomes out of their own cells in which the chloroplasts are stashed. The kleptosomes ...