Squeeze a cell once and it barely flinches. Squeeze it again and again in short bursts, and something changes: a protein ...

Advances in genetic engineering have enabled researchers to seek ways to program new life. But has synthetic biology actually ...

A Moffitt Cancer Center researcher has introduced a new model that addresses one of biology's most fundamental questions: How does genetic information keep living systems organized and therefore alive ...

Years before he conducted the research that would earn him a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, Shinya Yamanaka, MD, ...

A new computational study led by University at Buffalo scientists and published April 21 in Biophysical Journal sheds light ...

Study finds early-stage ectoderm cells are especially susceptible, raising questions about potential developmental risks ...

Cytotoxic T lymphocytes are the body's specialized "killer" cells, precisely eliminating infected or cancerous cells.

Whenever there is a wound or infection, the body produces an inflammatory response. This is the body's first line of defense, ...

One of the biggest challenges in cancer research is understanding why some tumor cells become especially aggressive, invasive ...

Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks” during cell division. Instead of acting like a motor, it works more like ...

A newly identified trigger of brain inflammation could offer a fresh target for slowing Alzheimer’s progression.