La Trobe University scientists have uncovered the critical role fatty cell structures play in our body's early detection and ...

Every cell in the human body carries the same 3 billion letters of DNA, yet a neuron, a heart muscle cell and a pancreatic beta cell each use that shared code to do entirely different jobs. How cells ...

One of the biggest challenges in cancer research has been linking the "big picture" seen in medical scans with the ...

Before a hydra can regrow a head or foot, its cells appear to rebuild the internal map that tells them where they are and ...

Every person walking the planet carries roughly 37 trillion cells, and nearly every one of those cells holds an identical copy of that individual’s DNA. That number, once loosely pegged at 10 trillion ...

When a cancer cell leaves the original tumor to spread to a new, faraway location, it first has to survive what most cells ...

We’re just beginning to decode this faint optical “signature of life” and what it could reveal about health, disease, and the future of medicine.

New study find that our natural killer cells -- from the immune system which protect against disease and infections -- instinctively recognize and attack a protein that drives cancer growth.

New research shows how a specially trained population of immune cells keeps the peace by preventing other immune cells from attacking their own. The study provides a better understanding of immune ...

Share on Pinterest Do all our cells have a type of memory, and if so, how might this influence health? We investigate. Design by MNT; Photography by Grant Faint/Getty Images & Ed Reschke/Getty Images.

Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body's estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique role, and knowing what all the cells do can help scientists better ...