When immune cells strike, precision is everything. New research reveals how natural killer and T cells orchestrate the ...

Kate Adamala started work on a cell in which the natural molecular structure is reversed. Then a possible doomsday scenario became clear.

Even in death, cells leave a trace. Scientists have discovered a microscopic “Footprint of Death” that not only helps the ...

As our hairs go gray and our muscles weaken with age, our immune system also changes. In particular, the stem cells that ...

Talha Burki speaks with Fred Ramsdell, Mary Brunkow, and Shimon Sakaguchi about their Nobel-winning discoveries in peripheral ...

A winding path filled with twists and turns is a more apt description for having breast cancer, particularly stage 4, than ...

A team led by Neil King, a biochemistry professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, is now exploring a new ...

Activating lysosome biogenesis helps alleviate cellular senescence in progeria. Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare genetic condition that causes rapid aging and a range of visible ...

Sickle cell expert Cece Calhoun talks about her love of blood medicine, guiding patients through the tough transition to ...

In “Replaceable You,” Mary Roach describes mind-boggling efforts to replace human body parts—and why it’s proven to be so difficult.

Graham Johnson, a computational biologist and scientific illustrator at the Allen Institute for Cell Science, recalls ...

At first Sutton had no idea that the several men in plainclothes swarming around his car were cops, and “reversed away in ...