The scope of human cell type atlases widened considerably today. Formerly, landscapes of individual cell types were largely confined to single organs. But now, thanks to four single-cell RNA ...

Genetic studies have revealed many genes linked to both common and rare disease, but to understand how those genes bring about disease and use those insights to help develop therapies, scientists need ...

Learn how mapping gene-control switches in an ancient sea anemone reveals how identical DNA can produce many different cell ...

A new study answers the question of whether or not blood cell telomere length is a suitable proxy for telomere length in other tissues by examining over 20 human tissue types, finding variations and ...

The epithelium is a type of tissue that covers many different surfaces on the inside and the outside of your body. Epithelial cells are packed tightly together and serve as a barrier between the ...

For decades, geneticists have known that most common illnesses are not caused by a single rogue gene but by intricate ...

In most solid tumors, high numbers of regulatory T (Treg) cells are associated with poorer outcomes because they dampen the ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by the disruption of nerve signals and various ...

Teratomas are rare tumors that contain different types of tissues such as bone, teeth, muscle, and hair. A teratoma may be cancerous or benign (noncancerous), depending on its structure. Most are ...