A cut that would close in days on a 25-year-old can linger for weeks on a 75-year-old, and the usual explanations (thinner ...

Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body's estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique role, and knowing what all the cells do can help scientists better ...

Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have captured, for the first time, "housekeeping" immune cells ...

The body's cells change their shape to close gaps such as wounds—with part of the cell flexing depending on the curve of the gap and the organization of cell-internal structures, a new study reveals.

New study find that our natural killer cells -- from the immune system which protect against disease and infections -- instinctively recognize and attack a protein that drives cancer growth.

As blood stem cells age, their lysosomes become overactive and damaged, triggering inflammation and weakening the body’s ...

Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body’s estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique role, and knowing what all the cells do can help scientists better ...

Editing a small number of blood-forming stem cells to encode powerful antibodies turns the immune system into a living drug ...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UK) have contributed to discovering a "control switch" inside our immune cells ...

Imagine tiny fists punching their way through your body. For some cancer patients, this may be the reality. Melanoma cells can mechanically tunnel their way through tissue using fleshy membrane ...