Embryonic development is one of the most dynamic biological processes in nature. Cells and tissues organize and reorganize ...
Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...
Dubbed “ruptoblasts,” hormonal triggers cause these cells to detonate and wipe out the surrounding cells within minutes. Although flatworms are distant relatives of humans, this finding could inspire ...
Largest cellular study of gut tissue unveils the genes and pathways driving inflammatory bowel disease, suggesting new therapeutic targets.
Stanford researchers have identified a previously unknown type of immune cell in planarian flatworms that literally explodes ...
Cell therapy is an advanced biomedical approach that utilizes living cells as therapeutic agents to treat disease or repair tissue. 4 Scientists isolate cells from a patient or a healthy donor and ...
Jonathan Kotula: We think there needs to be a systems-level approach to deal with complex diseases such as cancer. A lot of what has been done so far are reductionist approaches—one small molecule for ...