Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand ...

Mitochondria are cell organelles surrounded by a double membrane. In addition to numerous essential functions in the ...

The time it takes to grow new skin for burns victims could be improved thanks to a new method of cell cultivation using algae ...

For the first time, scientists have 3-D printed objects within living cells, including a 10-micrometer long elephant and tiny “barcodes” that could help track individual cells. Remarkably, many of the ...

Primary cilia are microtubule‐based organelles that protrude from the surface of most vertebrate cell types. Operating as antenna‐like structures, primary cilia detect and transmit chemical, light and ...

Stanford researchers discovered that dialing down an overactive enzyme, LRRK2, can regrow lost cellular “antennae” in key ...

A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain's memory center, the hippocampus, ...

New research by Sumeda Nandadasa, PhD, reveals how a key protein associated with Meckel-Gruber syndrome, nephronophthisis, ...

New research by Sumeda Nandadasa, PhD, reveals how a key protein associated with Meckel-Gruber syndrome, nephronophthisis, ...

Jim FessendenUMass Chan Medical SchoolNew research by Sumeda Nandadasa, PhD, reveals how a key protein associated with Meckel-Gruber syndrome ...

New research by Sumeda Nandadasa, Ph.D., reveals how a key protein associated with Meckel-Gruber syndrome, nephronophthisis, ...