In a town on the shores of Lake Geneva sit clumps of living human brain cells for hire. These blobs, about the size of a ...

A collection of studies that chart how mammalian brain cells grow and differentiate is a ‘very valuable’ tool for ...

Cornell researchers have developed a powerful new biosensor that reveals, in unprecedented detail, how and where ...

Cells have an internal skeleton that maintains their structure and also drives their movement. Known as the cytoskeleton, ...

The immune system faces a delicate balancing act: it must be aggressive enough to fight infections and cancer, yet restrained ...

We played a major role in revealing the biochemical steps of the RAS-RAF-MAP kinase pathway. We identified one of the major ...

A body that weighs as much as a small airplane should face steep odds against cancer. You may expect that from a creature ...

Scientists mapped the development of different types of brain cells tracking how they are born, differentiate and mature into ...

A protein involved with cell death can be manipulated to slow or reverse tumor growth, a pair of new studies in mice found.

Senescent fibroblasts are aging cells in connective tissue that no longer divide and protect against tumor development. Yet, these same cells can promote cancer growth in a laboratory setting.Until ...

Boosting a natural molecule that fuels cellular repair helps brain cells stay organized - a change that may slow memory loss.

Scientists from Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and ...