The exchange of cells between a mother and a fetus is a well-documented phenomenon that scientists have known about for more ...

A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair.

The constant, energy-driven motion inside living cells may generate electricity in a way no one fully recognized before.

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health ...

Cells are crowded with proteins and nucleic acids. A new study measures subcellular densities across organisms to uncover how material is distributed. (Nanowerk News) Just as life pulsates in big ...

Living cells may generate electricity through the natural motion of their membranes. These fast electrical signals could play ...

Membranes are constantly bending as a result of heat fluctuating randomly through the cell. In theory, any voltage produced ...

A small tweak to mitochondrial energy production led to big gains in health and longevity. Mice engineered to boost a protein that helps mitochondria work more efficiently lived longer and showed ...

Researchers have developed experimental compounds that make cells burn more calories by subtly tweaking how mitochondria ...

Within tumors in the human body, there are immune cells (macrophages) capable of fighting cancer, but they have been unable ...

Within tumors in the human body, there are immune cells (macrophages) capable of fighting cancer, but they have been unable to perform their roles properly due to suppression by the tumor.