Our cells rely on microscopic highways and specialized protein vehicles to move everything—from positioning organelles to carting protein instructions to disposing of cellular garbage. These highways ...

Dr. Simrit Parmar, an associate professor in the College of Medicine at Texas A&M University and founder of the ...

Researchers have shown that gonadotrophs, cells in the pituitary gland with a key role in puberty and reproduction, come from two different populations, with the majority produced after birth rather ...

Previously, scientists in the team developed a nanomaterial that, when injected into animal retinas, enabled mammals to see ...

In biology classes from high school through university, I learned that mitochondria are little objects that reside within ...

A leader in genetics and cell biology, Susan K. Dutcher, of WashU Medicine has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. (Photo: WashU ...

Scientists have revealed how a parasite that affects millions of people every year evades our immune defenses.

Our lungs are fairly susceptible to diseases. Unlike most other organs, the lungs are in direct contact with the outside ...

One study found that the use of thyme extract increased the cilia beating frequency (CBF) in an in vitro model of a human COPD airway ... receptor agonist-induced receptor internalization and cell ...

1Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 2Division of Allergic Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

The treatment involves using stem cells to "program" human immune cells, called microglia, to counteract signs of dementia in the brain, according to a press release from UCI. Microglia are immune ...