UCSF scientists engineered old fibroblast cells to turn their genes on and off in the same way as young fibroblasts. The old ...

Tarun Kapoor is tackling a deceptively tricky biochemical challenge: how to speed up the internal machinery of living cells.

The discovery that tissues use electricity to expel unhealthy cells is part of a surge of renewed interest in the currents ...

While you may have taken some time off for the holidays, scammers did not. In fact, they’ve been working overtime to get our ...

The curved shape of a zebrafish egg causes unequal cell divisions, creating larger cells near the animal pole and smaller ...

Getting natural light by sitting next to a window may help with blood sugar management in older adults, per a new study. Here ...

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

When killer T cells of our immune system divide, they normally undergo asymmetric cell division (ACD): Each daughter cell inherits different cellular components, which drive the cells toward divergent ...

Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks” during cell division. Instead of acting like a motor, it works more like ...

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