For the first time, scientists have answered a longstanding question in cell biology about a partnership of proteins called ...

A Northwestern Medicine study has revealed a previously unknown connection between two fundamental cellular processes, ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

From frogs and sponges to jellyfish and tardigrades, scientists reveal how some animals digest food without defecating, ...

A new study suggests that the brain processes information with high efficiency by synchronizing the physical wiring of neural ...

Hidden inside every organ, microscopic fibers form a scaffolding that quietly shapes how we move, think, and heal. For the ...

This hybrid system lets researchers zoom in on living human cells with incredible detail. This offers a new real time insight into how the flu virus operates. For the first time, researchers could ...

Scientists have captured a never-before-seen, high-resolution look at influenza’s stealthy invasion of human cells, revealing that the cells aren’t just helpless victims. Using a groundbreaking ...

Bram Servais formerly worked for Cortical Labs but holds no shared patents or stock and has severed all financial ties. As prominent artificial intelligence (AI) researchers eye limits to the current ...

Typically, bone marrow research relies heavily on animal models and oversimplified cell cultures in the laboratory. Now, researchers from the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel and ...

Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insufficient production of the hormone insulin by cells in the pancreas called beta cells and estimated to affect 9.5 million people worldwide. Low insulin levels allow ...