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As far as research subjects go, it's not always easy to find common ground with a single-celled bacterium. Yet the more Paul ...

Scientists at EPFL have developed CenSpark, a fluorescent probe that makes centrioles and cilia visible inside living cells, ...

Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have discovered that if animal cells gain an extra set of chromosomes, a ...

As cell and gene therapy leaders gathered in Maryland to discuss accelerating clinical trials in children, one “cutting edge” ...

Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have discovered that if animal cells gain an extra set of chromosomes, a ...

A new set of drugs exploit a recently revealed weakness in "zombie-like"—or senescent—cells that could lead to new treatments ...

According to sleep memory theory, dreaming sleep is essential for consolidation of memory. Daydreaming, when we're awake and ...

Teemu Miettinen discusses his innovative method for measuring intracellular water, revealing its critical role in cell ...

The stiffness of tumour tissue plays a role in how cancer spreads. Furthermore, stiff tumour tissue leaves traces in the ...