Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.

Why do immune cells that are supposed to eliminate viruses suddenly turn against our own body? There are instances where killer T cells—which are meant to precisely remove virus-infected ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a specific immune cell that can be targeted to give a boost to standard ...

About 1 million people in the U.S. live with multiple sclerosis, a chronic autoimmune disease that inflames the nervous ...

The AI-based method, DeepScence, works to identify senescent cells in the body. These are cells that have stopped dividing ...

New research shows hair greying may mark a protective process that eliminates DNA-damaged pigment stem cells, shedding light ...

When exposed to cold, the human body quickly switches into survival mode. It prioritizes heat retention and protecting vital ...

People looking to lose weight and lower their blood sugar may someday be able to get a single injection that turns their cells into tiny factories that churn out a protein that is essentially the ...

An international team of researchers, including scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, has uncovered a ...

Salamanders use stress signals to prep their whole body to regrow limbs - offering new clues for human healing.

An Osaka Metropolitan University team has used stem cells extracted from adipose, the body's fatty tissue, to treat spine ...

"This fundamentally changes how we think about the evolution of complex nervous systems," said biologist Jack Ullrich-Lüter.