In order to reprogram readily available cells into specific immune cells that fight various diseases, one must know the ...

A new study from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute now shows how human stem cell based therapy may help ...

Stanford University-led researchers report that tumor cells hijack mitochondria from immune cells, reducing anti-tumor immune ...

In the battle against type 1 diabetes (T1D), one researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is leading a ...

The vertebrate retina is a highly organised neural circuit, comprising diverse cell types that transform light into the complex neural codes underlying vision. At the forefront are photoreceptors, ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

The study, published in British scientific journal Nature, suggests that the disease may begin in basal stem cells — ...

In a study published in Cell Research, researchers have identified a fibrous-layer resident subpopulation of P-SSCs labeled ...

Scientists have transformed enigmatic cell structures, called vaults, into storage units for messenger-RNA molecules made in ...

Stem cell therapy is an emerging treatment for type 2 diabetes. Although it’s not yet FDA-approved in the United States, it is a rapidly expanding and promising field of research. Stem cells are ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

Scientists have long known that cellular membranes vary in thickness, but measuring those differences inside actual cells has ...