In many cells of the human body, hair-like protrusions known as cilia act as antennae, allowing cells to receive signals from ...

Cells manage a wide range of functions in their tiny package — growing, moving, housekeeping, and so on — and most of those functions require energy. But how do cells get this energy in the first ...

A new method developed by scientists could soon make liver disease treatment easier and more effective—without a transplant.

Metabolism guides the activation states of regulatory T cells, the immune cells that prevent inappropriate activation of the ...

Ribosomes are the cell's protein factories, which read the genetic code and assemble the proteins that every organism needs ...

Ion channels generate electrical impulses produced by living cells. Synthetic ion channels could serve as tools for ...

Patients with weak heart function who receive stem cell therapy shortly after a heart attack are at lower risk of developing heart failure and related hospital stays compared with standard care, finds ...

The human body possesses remarkable abilities to heal, regenerate and protect itself when given the right nutritional support. Certain foods contain unique compounds that can simultaneously support ...

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Prof. Alon Monsonego had discovered that T helper lymphocytes, a subset of immune cells ...

CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy improved lung function and skin thickness in patients with severe refractory ...