Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During their preparation for this battle, B cells transiently revert to a more ...

The immune system provides an integral defense against cancer growth and progression. Activating an anti-tumor immune response relies on several biological steps that can ultimately result in the ...

How does obesity affect insulin production? Researchers are shining light on new stages of the ERK pathway. Researchers at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine have uncovered a key ...

Like all forms of cancer, lung cancer is defined by uncontrolled cell division caused by loss of physiological tissue homeostasis and failure of apoptotic cell death mechanisms. Aberrant cell ...

Stem cells hold immense therapeutic potential due to their self-renewal capacity and ability to differentiate into various cell types. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent stem cells derived ...

The same genes could hold the key to regenerating cells in the ear and eye, according to a new mouse study from the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Ksenia Gnedeva, PhD, published in the Proceedings of the ...

A pair of well-known marijuana compounds work in tandem to target ovarian cancer cells In A Nutshell CBD and THC killed ...