The immune cell repertoire is composed of many different cell types that are orchestrated in response to infection and other pathogens that enter the body. As a result, the body can defend itself ...

The body has an intricate system to defend against infections where each type of immune cell plays a distinct role. Now, a ...

Cellular differentiation of stem cells into specialized cells requires many steps, including division, to create more cells; ...

Most neuroscience research carried out up to date has primarily focused on neurons, the most renowned type of cell in the human brain. As a result, the unique functions of other brain cell types are ...

Yale School of Medicine-led research reports that nerve-associated macrophages help maintain healthy fat over a lifespan and curb age-related inflammation.

New research outlines the protein MPS1 as a key player in controlling division in unfertilized egg cells, potentially having ...

Cells manage a wide range of functions in their tiny package — growing, moving, housekeeping, and so on — and most of those functions require energy. But how do cells get this energy in the first ...

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a study finds, furthering the understanding of the possible effects of ...