A newly identified role for the neuronal MPS shows it controls nutrient uptake by acting as a gatekeeper. Its disruption ...

These clumps of cells are a far cry from what most of us picture as a robot, but they could one day be useful due to their mysterious healing properties.

Mitochondrial transplantation is an emerging technique aimed at restoring cellular energy production in diseases marked by ...

Commercialization ready compound supports a new method of generating highly functional human CAR-T cells for treating infectious diseases and cancer In experimental models, human CAR-T cells ...

Scientists have discovered that a rare “mirror-image” version of the amino acid cysteine can dramatically slow the growth of ...

HeLa cells are the most famous human cells in science. Discover how cervical cancer, HPV proteins, and bioethics shaped one of medicine’s biggest breakthroughs.

Stanford researchers have combined two microscopy techniques to create a one-of-a-kind instrument that can show cell ...

For at least six decades, neuroscientists have been arguing over a big, foundational question: Do adult brains make new neurons? This process of “neurogenesis” had been shown in other adult animals, ...

This week's science news saw us looking deep into the cosmos and the depths of our oceans. To understand the universe today, we need to look back at its earliest epoch, a period about 13 billion years ...

A recent study suggests that memories aren’t just stored in the brain, raising important questions about cognition.

Plants constantly juggle oxygen inside their cells, but scientists have now discovered a surprising twist in how that balance works. Researchers at the University of Helsinki found that ...

Cholesterol enhances melanoma cell invasion by making nuclei squishier, revealing a potential treatment target in cancer progression.