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

Scientists use biomarkers for numerous applications including detecting abnormal processes, monitoring disease progression, and assessing drug efficacy. However, the screening assays employed by ...

Genetic changes attenuated Salmonella’s virulence, potentially enabling the bacteria to cause chronic infections in humans.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have a tough job. Engineered with a receptor that recognizes molecules decorating the surface of cancer cells, CAR T cells find and kill malignancies. However, ...

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) are cellular factories that churn out blood and immune cells, but their production output varies significantly. This variation influences the success of bone marrow ...

Priyom Bose holds a PhD in plant biology and biotechnology from the University of Madras, India. She is an experienced academic researcher and science writer. Priyom has co-authored several original..

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