The hunt for the holy grail of a longer life has consumed the careers of the brightest scientists and dented the fortunes of ...

A new Dartmouth study opens new avenues for understanding—and potentially manipulating—how cells decide to live or die.

Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks” during cell division. Instead of acting like a motor, it works more like ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

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

From small ions to large molecules, cellular gates control what can pass in and out of cells. But how one such gate, called ...

By Tarun Sai Lomte New evidence shows that human M cells act as fully fledged antigen-presenting cells, processing and ...

A cutting-edge base-edited CAR T-cell therapy is opening a revolutionary new frontier for patients battling aggressive T-cell ...

A quick revision guide covering key concepts, biomolecules, cell organelles, and essential NEET-style MCQs to boost exam ...

Metastasis occurs when cancer cells break away from the original tumor and travel through the bloodstream to form new tumors in other parts of the body. It is the leading cause of cancer-related death ...

Two years after this, Sakaguchi was able to link these discoveries. He proved that the Foxp3 gene governs the development of ...