After sequencing centromeres in humans and other primates, researchers found that they vary greatly across species and ...

Anna Klompen explained how cnidarian stinging cells harpooned their way into her heart and could help answer fundamental ...

In Eleanor Raffan’s laboratory at the University of Cambridge, a portly Labrador retriever’s tail wags furiously as he ...

We were looking for [3D] models that we could repurpose for screening compounds to target this initiative,” said Lee. “We ...

During replication, the ends of linear DNA cannot fully replicate, causing telomeres to shorten in a well-known phenomenon ...

Alara Tuncer is a PhD student in the Department of Immunology at the University of Toronto, studying the bidirectional relationship between stress and immunity in the brain. View full profile. Learn ...

The innate genetic program that controls migratory behavior in birds is shrouded in mystery, but scientists are closer to ...

As an undergraduate student at Clemson University, Sharon Stack became fascinated with the study of the chemical processes and molecular interactions that take place inside living cells. While Stack’s ...

Cytokines are small, secreted proteins that transmit messages between cells and members of this superfamily include chemokines, growth factors, interleukins, interferons, colony stimulating factors, ...

3D cell cultures such as spheroids and organoids allow cells to interact with each other and the surrounding environment, closely mimicking complex tissues, organs, or tumors. Scientists such as Júlia ...