The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

The cells of all animals—including humans—are characterized by their ability to adhere particularly well to surfaces in their ...

No one has yet created a fully functioning artificial cell. But a research team at Aarhus University has taken a step in that ...

During infection, reversible switch permits flexible formation of memory T cells, long-lived blood cells that can remember pathogen encounters and respond upon reinfection. Unexpected findings have ...

Hypertrophic chondrocytes are deeply involved in the growth of mammalian bones. Researchers find that these cells transform ...

Red blood cells, long thought to be passive bystanders in the formation of blood clots, actually play an active role in helping clots contract, according to a new study from researchers at the ...

A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something wholly unexpected.

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a protein that causes human cell membranes to break open in a ...