Filopodia help cells move but also aid cancer spread. Scientists have revealed how fascin proteins build these structures, ...

Understanding how cells transform into specialized types during human development is a central challenge in biology. This ...

R esearchers have developed a way to grow human-sized tooth-like tissues in the mouths of pigs – this may be a lot to chew on ...

A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed ...

By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a small, elusive, and often overlooked cellular appendage.

This complex microbial dance seems to have a really important role in our health. Oral diseases and even oral cancers have ...

The toothlike structures represent a step toward bioengineered replacements for dental implants, say researchers behind the work.

For the past two decades, scientists have been manipulating genes to grow human cells where you wouldn’t quite expect them.

With 1,000 Canadian patients waiting for lifesaving stem cell transplants, students on the Island are being asked this week ...