A new study shows that 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor therapy can trigger macrophage pyroptosis, HMGB1–AGER-driven epithelial ...

A large genomic study in Cameroon finds that people with sickle cell trait are infected almost exclusively by a genetically ...

Living cells cool much slower than our current understanding of heat conduction can explain, according to new research from the University of Tokyo. Researchers used two techniques — high-speed ...

Looking under the microscope, a group of cells slowly moves forward in a line, like a train on the tracks. The cells navigate through complex environments. A new approach by researchers involving the ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and ...

Scientists at City of Hope have uncovered a gene called SMOC1 that plays a surprising role in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D) by converting pancreatic cells that normally produce insulin into ...

Cells in our bodies squeeze through dense tissue channels, thread past neighboring cells and navigate every nook and cranny within the extracellular matrix—the mesh-like network that surrounds and ...

Up to 20% of hormone receptor-positive breast cancers don't respond to antiestrogen therapies. A study led by researchers at UT Southwestern, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, ...