What you'll discover in this article... ・A high-precision gene-editing technology is enabling researchers to investigate how ...

Every time a tissue grows or renews itself, cells must divide inside an already crowded environment. That creates a ...

In the past, immune cells were all simply known as white blood cells. Nowadays, we know that there are T cells, B lymphocytes ...

The counterintuitive twist in your T cell memory depends on how sick the virus actually made you.

Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body's estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique role, and knowing what all the cells do can help scientists better ...

During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and viruses from self-antigens that are expressed by cells of the body. If not, the ...

Scientists have traced the development of a mouse embryo from its first two cells to the formation of organs, using a ...

Researchers have shed new light on how tissues in the body are repaired following the damage and premature death of tissue cells. As our bodies grow and develop, cells naturally die off where they are ...

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As we grow older, our bodies accumulate "zombie cells"-living cells that have stopped dividing or functioning normally-but ...

Imagine tiny fists punching their way through your body. For some cancer patients, this may be the reality. Melanoma cells can mechanically tunnel their way through tissue using fleshy membrane ...

New research shows how a specially trained population of immune cells keeps the peace by preventing other immune cells from attacking their own. The study provides a better understanding of immune ...