The human small intestine absorbs nutrients while protecting us from potentially harmful microbes. One of the cell types that ...

A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...

Tiny structures inside your cells keep your body alive by turning food into fuel. These structures, called mitochondria, ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too ...

Biologists have long suspected that aging is not just a slow, inevitable fraying of our cells but a process governed by ...

Biomedical researchers at Texas A&M University may have discovered a way to stop or even reverse the decline of cellular energy production—a finding that could have revolutionary effects across ...

Scientists have attempted to map the human cell since the first microscope was invented more than 400 years ago. But many components of the cell still remain uncharted. "We know each of the proteins ...

Scientists discovered that certain gene changes allow cells to function even when frataxin, the protein lost in Friedreich’s ...

Three-dimensional multicellular human liver model: For the first time, a 3D human organoid model, developed with liver tissue ...

A new McGill University study found that several chemicals used to replace BPA in food packaging may damage human ovarian cells. Researchers saw everything from cell death to major shifts in genes ...