A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, ...

As age increases, the pancreas changes, which increases the risk of metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, digestive ...

Scientists at UCSF identified a key cellular switch that plays a large role in pulmonary fibrosis, and found a way of ...

Researchers now have a powerful new way to understand the types of brain cells that are affected in neurodegenerative diseases and to uncover connections between conditions such as Parkinson's, ...

Some eukaryotes consist of a single cell; but most single-celled creatures are made of simpler cells which lack obvious ...

Blood cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma often begin in the bone marrow and disrupt normal blood cell formation.

The cells in Ling He’s lab dish looked nothing like cancer cells. Which was odd, because they had been extracted from the tumours of people with an aggressive brain cancer called glioblastoma.

Hormones coordinate different body functions by carrying messages through the bloodstream to target cells and tissues. Hormonal imbalances occur through inadequate or excess hormone synthesis, which ...

Across the world, more than 1.5 billion people suffer from chronic liver disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are central regulators of post-transcriptional gene expression. They modulate key aspects of mRNA metabolism—such as splicing, ...