Cells manage a wide range of functions in their tiny package — growing, moving, housekeeping, and so on — and most of those functions require energy. But how do cells get this energy in the first ...

While humans can regularly replace certain cells, like those in our blood and gut, we cannot naturally regrow most other parts of the body. For example, when the tiny sensory hair cells in our inner ...

Dr. Zhao said several of RS3's proteins are involved in placing or removing phosphate groups from other proteins—a regulatory function that he and his colleagues suspect plays a part in coordinating ...

Neurons and white blood cells differ greatly in shape, function, and location within the body. However, researchers at the ...

In a new study published in Science titled, “Mitochondrial metabolism and signaling direct dendritic cell function in antitumor immunity,” researchers from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Zimislecel is an investigational stem cell-derived islet therapy for type 1 diabetes. Ten of 12 participants no ...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered how tumors disable immune "gatekeeper" cells that alert the rest of the immune system to the presence of cancer - and how restoring ...

Hemifusomes are fused vesicles, or sacs of fluid, that were previously unknown to exist inside cells. They were discovered using cryo-electron tomography, which literally freezes them in time, and ...