Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified the genes that allow an organism to switch between living as single ...
One of the most well-studied cellular responses is how they react during times of stress, such as when the temperature gets ...
Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified the genes that allow an organism to switch between living as single ...
Billions of years of evolution have made modern cells incredibly complex. Inside cells are small compartments called organelles that perform specific functions essential for the cell’s survival and ...
Studying the process of brain formation illuminates just how much of development is a series of tiny miracles. Only a few weeks after a human egg is fertilized, a sheet of cells called the neural ...
Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...
A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — plays a vital, overlooked role in the first steps of life. Each of us starts ...
In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose—a major constituent of all plant cell walls—a team of Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have captured images of the microscopic ...