Graham Johnson, a computational biologist and scientific illustrator at the Allen Institute for Cell Science, recalls fantasizing at a lunch table, more than 15 years ago, about a computer model of a ...

They disable our defenses and hijack the cellular machinery in order to multiply successfully. For example, the herpes ...

Researchers developed a new machine learning method that, given a relevant amino acid sequence, can automatically predict the location of a protein in any human cell line down to the single-cell level ...

Attached to nearly every human cell is an antenna-like structure known as the primary cilium, which senses the cell's ...

University of Cambridge scientists have used human stem cells to create three-dimensional embryo-like structures that ...

Researchers at the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) in Mannheim, together with international partners, have ...

Nanomedicine uses ultra-small particles to deliver drugs directly to the tissues and cells that need them, improving ...

A protein found in our cells has emerged as a secret weapon against biological aging, acting like a glue to repair damaged DNA and ward off neurological degeneration including that seen in motor ...

When the human body gets hurt, most tissues heal—skin closes over a wound, bone heals itself. But not all organs heal that ...

Entamoeba histolytica is a single-cell parasite that causes intestinal disease, but sometimes invades the body, attacking cells and creating liquefying abscesses. UC Davis parasitologist Katherine ...