Immunotherapy has been one of the most transformative treatments for cancer patients in recent decades, shifting the emphasis ...

In people with chronic heart failure, the heart doesn't pump blood as effectively as it should. This leaves the patient weak, tired, and short of breath. The disease is life-threatening, and around ...

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

Scientists recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell ...

Researchers have found that a deeper look at proteins and cells may help explain why prostate cancer tumors often become resistant to hormone therapy. Researchers found that looking at cell patterns ...

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is the most common hereditary disease of the nervous system. Overall, it is a rare condition that affects about one in 3,000 people in the United States and worldwide.

Scientists at The University of Manchester have identified the method by which cells control the recycling of molecules, a process that is essential for them to move. The discovery provides ...

One of oncology's biggest challenges is that the same treatment can work well for some patients but fail completely in others ...

Scientists have solved a cellular murder mystery nearly 25 years after the case went cold. Following a trail of evidence from fruit flies to mice to humans revealed that cannibalistic cells likely ...