The diversity of cells in the human body is mentioned ... used as an example of an organ which is made up from muscle and valve tissue. Students can draw diagrams showing how cells, tissues and organs ...

To address the unmet need for a cure for RTT, the therapeutic potential of adult Neural Precursor Cells (NPCs) was ...

A research team has successfully recreated the structure of wrinkles in biological tissue in vitro, uncovering the mechanisms behind their formation.

Important insights into the mechanisms behind Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD), a common cause of age-related ...

Different cell types have varying survival times. For example, in humans, white blood cells die between 60 and 86 hours after ...

Mice express full-length protein ZBP1-L as well as an alternatively-spliced shorter isoform (ZBP1-S) containing only its two ...

Given the right conditions, certain types of cells are able to self-assemble into new lifeforms after the organism they were once part of has died.

For the first time, scientists have observed the changes that occur in an expectant mother’s brain during pregnancy, ...

In Type 1 diabetes (T1D), insulin-producing β-cells are killed by islet-infiltrating immune cells in a process called “insulitis”. T1D results in a critical requirement for exogenous insulin and ...

It sounds like sci-fi, but the 'third state' consists of cells of a dead organism that function in new ways after the ...