Scientists have long known that cellular membranes vary in thickness, but measuring those differences inside actual cells has ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 ...

The researchers believe the hemifusome works by creating vesicles, tiny bubble-like structures that surround substances in our cells and move them around. “You can think of vesicles like little ...

When killer T cells of our immune system divide, they normally undergo asymmetric cell division (ACD): Each daughter cell inherits different cellular components, which drive the cells toward divergent ...