We’re just beginning to decode this faint optical “signature of life” and what it could reveal about health, disease, and the ...

Cells can spontaneously change shape even without external signals, but the underlying mechanisms behind this form of ...

Multicellular life depends on remarkable acts of cooperation. Every cell in the human body must sense what is happening ...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced naturally during cellular metabolism often cause oxidative damage to cells. However, ...

This past year, we explored a lot of new cell biology research—from cancer to plants to microbes, and more! It’s hard to believe what can fit in a year. Yet as we say goodbye to 2025, we want to take ...

In a paper published in Cell, a USC Stem Cell-led team reports a new way of generating a renewable and expandable supply of the progenitor cells that give rise to macrophages. These immune cells help ...

Our cells rely on tightly regulated signaling pathways to control when they grow, divide and survive. When these regulatory ...

The surprising discovery of mysterious blobs inside our cells is revolutionising our understanding of how life works, and how ...

Full-body defense does not always look the way textbooks say it should. In planarian flatworms, a newly identified cell type ...