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 into mRNA precursors, is correctly assembled into mature mRNA. Splicing is a ...

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 ...

Hidden within our bones, marrow sustains life by producing billions of blood cells daily, from oxygen-carrying red cells to immune-boosting white cells.

We did not observe any signs of cell death at the 6 h timepoints (6 TRPV1+ fish at 6 h post 1 µM capsaicin). We therefore set an upper limit of 6 h of exposure to 1 µM capsaicin for activation ...

As for who may have lived in those prison cells, experiments, children, former staff, and criminals are among the possibilities. Surely, nobody would miss some heinous criminals, so perhaps the worst ...

If once of your buddies needs to poop or pee, you are more likely to need to go as well, scientists say, confirming that is is not only yawning that is contagious. Their study of chimps showed ...

Eating foods high in key nutrients, including iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12, and limiting alcohol may help increase your red blood cell count. Red blood cells are the most common cells in ...

Hot stuff The first plasma at the SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak. (Courtesy: University of Seville) A novel fusion device based at the University of Seville in Spain has achieved its first plasma. The ...