While RNA has long been known as the intermediary between active genes and the proteins those genes encode for, recent research has revealed other roles for this crucial molecule. Some RNAs help ...

Your brain begins as a single cell. When all is said and done, it will house an incredibly complex and powerful network of some 170 billion cells. How does it organize itself along the way? Cold ...

Scientists have developed a novel approach that allows stem cells to be turned into retinal ganglion cells that are capable of migrating and surviving in the eye's retina. This approach presents a ...

Human immune cells are capable of coordinating their own movement more independently than previously thought. Researchers discovered that immune cells do not just passively follow the chemical cues in ...

The immune system's ability to send its army of immune cells to the right location with the right level of response is key to the body's ability to fight an infection or a growing tumor. An incorrect ...

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have traced a deadly cat coronavirus in a way that changes what you think ...