Cells

In a study that could lead to a new therapeutic approach to preventing premature birth, researchers have discovered the critical function of a type of mother's immune cells -- B lymphocytes -- in resisting pre-term ...

Scientists have identified a signalling circuit in cells that can be targeted to treat advanced prostate cancer in patients who are resistant to existing therapies.

MSC therapy is currently being investigated as a promising therapeutic approach for a number of incurable, degenerative lung diseases.

Scientists have found that faulty wiring in certain brain cells could interfere with hunger or satiety cues leading to eating disorders.Researchers from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have pinpointed the precise cellular ...

Scientists have found that smoking a pack a day of cigarettes can cause 150 damaging changes to a smoker's lung cells each year.

A new study published in the Journal Cell records a breakthrough in the field of science and health care.

A new group of cells in the retina may directly affect the biological clock by sending signals to a region of the brain which regulates our daily (circadian) rhythms, says study.

Blood is made up of various types of cells, namely red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets, also known thrombocytes. A lack of platelets in your body may cause symptoms like fatigue, bleeding gums, ...

Cancer is often caused by the "bad luck" of random mutations that arise when cells divide, not family history or environmental causes.

Examining why obese patients fare worse than leaner patients across many cancer types, a new study has found that cancer stem cells not only use fatty tissue as a robbers' cave to hide from therapy, ...