A new study from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute now shows how human stem cell based therapy may help ...

In order to reprogram readily available cells into specific immune cells that fight various diseases, one must know the ...

Stanford University-led researchers report that tumor cells hijack mitochondria from immune cells, reducing anti-tumor immune ...

The vertebrate retina is a highly organised neural circuit, comprising diverse cell types that transform light into the complex neural codes underlying vision. At the forefront are photoreceptors, ...

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

In the battle against type 1 diabetes (T1D), one researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is leading a ...

The study, published in British scientific journal Nature, suggests that the disease may begin in basal stem cells — ...

Scientists have transformed enigmatic cell structures, called vaults, into storage units for messenger-RNA molecules made in ...

Stem cell therapy is an emerging treatment for type 2 diabetes. Although it’s not yet FDA-approved in the United States, it is a rapidly expanding and promising field of research. Stem cells are ...

Researchers have discovered a rare new type of diabetes that affects babies early in life. The condition is caused by changes ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture. Grown ...

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