Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and CIBER-BBN, in collaboration with teams from the ...

The discovery of a defensive mechanism could help stop cancer before it spreads. Cancer cells rapidly increase their energy output when physically squeezed, according to a study in Nature ...

Madeline Lancaster created the first brain organoids, which have revolutionised our understanding of how the brain works - ...

At first glance, plants may seem passive – but beneath their stillness lies a world of complexity and constant activity.

Cancer cells evade apoptosis by transitioning between cell states of drug-sensitivity. Necroptosis vulnerability state was ...

From reptiles and Tasmanian devils to humans, one researcher zooms in on unseen features of the brain and liver cells, like ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a powerful new data analysis method named COOKIE-Pro (Covalent ...

Fluorescent proteins can be turned into qubits within cells and could give us a deeper understanding of biology at the nanoscale level.

The new paper shows that two protein “transcription factors” called Tcf1 and Lef1 are critical modulators that direct bone marrow stem cells to the T cell path in the thymus - and could have ...

Many winners of the annual Lasker Awards have gone on to win a Nobel Prize in medicine or other fields. Lucy Shapiro of Stanford University was honored for her 55-year career investigating how ...

Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the Vote, ...

A new study from Aarhus University shows that our cells' ability to clean out old protein clumps, known as aggregates, also includes a—up till now unknown—partnership with an engine that breaks down ...