In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose—a major constituent of all plant cell walls—a team of Rutgers ...

Researchers have found that some cells form new multicellular structures with functions that defy their original biological ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

Scientists discover "electric spiking" communication in previously thought to be mute cells, paving the way for bioelectric ...

Organelles in cells were originally often independent cells, which were incorporated by host cells and lost their ...

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...

Scientists target senescent "zombie cells" with new drugs called senolytics, which may slow aging and prevent diseases like ...

A research team led by Mount Sinai has uncovered mechanisms of abnormal immune cell function that may lead to Crohn's disease ...

Textbooks usually depict the epithelial cells encasing the interior and exterior of your body as passive barriers. But ...

Researchers successfully pulled off the first eye stem cell transplants to help heal cornea damage, and the results speak for ...

Until now, skin cells have been viewed as barriers that can respond to electric stimuli. Turns out, they also generate ...