New findings, published in Nature, help answer the riddle of how vertebrates evolved the diverse array of brain cells that ...

Life and death are traditionally viewed as opposites. But the emergence of new multicellular life-forms from the cells of a dead organism introduces a "third state" that lies beyond the traditional ...

Modern fluorescence microscopy can generate images of living cells as stunning to look at as they are informative to study.

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Life and death are traditionally viewed as opposites. But the emergence of new multicellular life-forms from the cells of a dead organism introduces a “third state” that lies beyond the traditional ...

Scientists have built a massive cellular atlas showing how aging reshapes the body across 21 organs. Studying nearly 7 million cells, they found that aging starts earlier than expected and unfolds in ...

Fatty streaks, one of the earliest signs of atherosclerosis, comprise lipid-laden foam cells, which are traditionally thought ...