Scientists are learning how to revive faltering human cells by loading them with fresh power plants, effectively repairing ...

All cells need to sense and respond to their environment, to know when to activate genes, build proteins, and carry out their ...

As regular readers of Unix Insider probably know, Peter Galvin has abdicated as Unix Insider‘s security czar to start a new system administration column for this magazine. Following Peter’s lead, this ...

An international research team involving the German Primate Center—Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ), Hannover ...

Researchers have found a small but powerful switch inside breast cancer cells that helps them survive stressful conditions.

Researchers report that a single glial cell uses different molecules to communicate with different neurons. Careful clustering of these molecules ensures that the glial cell can conduct a distinct ...

Our cells are packed with unrealized potential. Almost every human cell contains the genetic information it needs to become any other kind of cell. A skin cell, for example, has the same genes as a ...

Senescent fibroblasts are aging cells that no longer divide and protect against tumor development. Yet two decades have gone ...

The impact of sickle cell disease on communities of color. Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disease that affects red blood cell and can affect every organ in the body. Community leaders, ...