Scientists have long observed that embryos of different species within a phylum look quite distinct at early and late ...

It has long been known that our bodies derive energy from sugar. Researchers at RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau have ...

KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, in collaboration with the Francis Crick Institute, has discovered how cancer cells can exploit healthy lung cells to support metastatic tumor growth in the lungs.

Scientists recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Specialized compartments within cells carry out specific functions. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images ...

T cell activation—the process by which these key immune defenders recognize threats and mobilize against them—depends on exquisitely timed molecular signals. Now researchers have captured one of the ...

Researchers have revealed how bacteria precisely control the genes that trigger cell division. The study shows that the MraZ protein, which normally forms a donut-shaped structure, must bend and ...

This past year, we explored a lot of new cell biology research—from cancer to plants to microbes, and more! It’s hard to believe what can fit in a year. Yet as we say goodbye to 2025, we want to take ...

Stem cells in most organisms typically take cues from adjacent cells. But new research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research has found that stem cells in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea ...

The world is experiencing a hidden epidemic with kidney disease. More than 850 million people worldwide have some form of ...