Some visible signs of aging include wrinkled skin; gray or white hair; and dark patches, called age spots, on the hands and ...

According to Kukushkin, the memories stored in non-brain cells in other parts of the body are memories strictly related to the roles that those specific cells play in human health.

The results yielded a surprise: Even stem cells possess surface proteins that enable them to suppress the activation of inflammatory and immune responses in the body. This finding is particularly ...

Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin have created a data science framework to better understand how cells travel through the body.

For all of human history, death has been viewed as a final cessation of life in an organism, but new research is offering ...

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 ...

Support cells known as telocytes use fine extensions—like neurons in the brain—to deliver signals directly to intestinal stem cells.

The most common cancer-causing strain of human papillomavirus (HPV), HPV16, undermines the body's defenses by reprogramming ...