Research reveals how close human vision comes to sensing the smallest possible unit of light. Here’s why that matters for ...

Viruses have spent billions of years perfecting the art of invading cells, hijacking their machinery and spreading with ...

A Northwestern Medicine study has shed light on one of the most intricate construction projects in biology: how cells build ...

Chronic sleep disruption doesn't just leave people tired and irritable. It may quietly undermine the gut's ability to repair ...

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Keratinocyte stem cells (KSCs) are the principal drivers of epidermal renewal, barrier maintenance, and wound repair. Their ability ...

Scientists in Australia have uncovered a clever new way to fight some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria by ...

More than 150 human diseases — including Lou Gehrig’s, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s — are linked to mitochondrial failure, and one Nebraska scientist is working to decode why. A five-year, $2 million ...

Ancient duplicated genes are giving scientists their first real clues about what life was like before all life on Earth shared a common ancestor.

People are suddenly very concerned about the powerhouse of the cell.

How physically magnifying objects using a key ingredient in diapers has opened an unprecedented view of the microbial world.

Human heart development is largely influenced by neural crest cells, which carefully regulate a key growth signal.

One of the most enduring goals in regenerative medicine is deceptively simple: replace a person's damaged or dying cells with ...