Stanford researchers discovered that dialing down an overactive enzyme, LRRK2, can regrow lost cellular “antennae” in key ...

Each time a cell divides, a small section of each chromosome's protective cap—the telomere—is worn away. Most cells use an ...

Major depressive disorder affects hundreds of millions worldwide, but a key to understanding its origins may lie in the brain ...

By examining squid skin cells three-dimensionally, a University of California, Irvine–led team has unveiled the structures ...

Cedars-Sinai has created a lifelike model of the mysterious and fatal disease that could help identify a cause of the illness ...

This explainer outlines how neurons and glial cells coordinate electrical and chemical signals to form complex brain networks that govern thought, behavior, and consciousness. It also explores how ...

Neurons talk to one another using electricity. If you could hear these impulses, they might sound like constant, rapid-fire chatter all over the nervous system. Heart muscle cells do something similar ...

Synthetic chemicals and plastics are useful and indispensable in our lives. On the other hand, the world is grappling with ...

The results of experiments in mice models were "astounding," said biochemist Suzanne Pfeffer of Stanford University.

What’s more, these cells are everywhere. Estimates vary, but astrocytes may constitute about 20 percent of brain cells, says Kevin Guttenplan, a coauthor of one of the new studies and ...

Most textbooks credit nearby epithelial cells with the heavy lifting of organ building, because epithelial sheets act like ...

“Holotomography used the high refractive index of reflectin proteins to reveal the presence of sinusoidal refractive index distributions within squid iridophore cells,” said co-lead author Georgii ...