The exchange of cells between a mother and a fetus is a well-documented phenomenon that scientists have known about for more ...

The constant, energy-driven motion inside living cells may generate electricity in a way no one fully recognized before.

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...

The discovery could pave the way for new treatments, improved risk prediction, and earlier intervention for brain metastases.

The immune system provides constant surveillance for the body, aiming to spot and eliminate disease-causing microbes or ...

A new method for engineering natural killer cells could make cancer immunotherapy more efficient, scalable, and affordable, ...

A protein once thought to simply help cancer cells avoid death turns out to do much more. MCL1 actively drives cancer ...

Researchers have developed experimental compounds that make cells burn more calories by subtly tweaking how mitochondria ...

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

Gastric cancer cells can activate KRAS-driven signals, enabling autonomous tumor growth by producing their own WNT proteins. New research reveals how gastric cancer cells exploit WNT signaling for ...

Stripe patterns are commonly seen in nature—for instance, birds and fish move in coordinated flocks and schools, fingerprints ...