Vaults are mysterious cellular structures that can be genetically engineered to store information about a cell’s history.

We all carry cells from other individuals within us. This discovery, which affects all species with a placenta, is called microchimerism.

Researchers have developed a way to grow a highly specialized subset of brain nerve cells that are involved in motor neuron ...

For the first time, high-resolution time-lapse videos of tiny bits of living plants show how they assemble their protective cell walls, researchers report March 21 in Science Advances. The image ...

Gut support cells communicate with surprising precision – like brain neurons – using tiny extensions to send instructions to the stem cells responsible for maintaining and healing the intestine. The ...

Scientists have discovered that old cells lose their coordinated gene activity. By resetting these internal control systems, ...

Creating human eggs from adult cells just got one step closer to reality. A technique used in cloning combined with fertilization and a bit of chemical coaxing caused human skin cells to produce eggs ...

Scientists are developing a "sponge" that can soak up pain signals in the body before they reach the brain, potentially ...

Researchers have found a reliable way to grow helper T cells from stem cells, solving a major challenge in immune-based cancer therapy. Helper T cells act as the immune system’s coordinators, helping ...

Losing weight can be a lot of work, which makes it all the more frustrating when, little by little, the weight creeps back. Now, a study suggests that fat cells retain a memory or past obesity, which ...