New research shows how a specially trained population of immune cells keeps the peace by preventing other immune cells from attacking their own. The study provides a better understanding of immune ...

A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — ...

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type—the blood stem cell. An ...

During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and viruses from self-antigens that are expressed by cells of the body.

Researchers discovered that epithelial cells that line human skin are able to communicate danger to the body through a silent ...

Further research can help identify those other ion channels and pathways that allow epithelial cells to generate bioelectricity. Our discovery that epithelial cells can electrically speak up during a ...

The immune system is the body’s tool for preventing or limiting infection. Its complex network of cells, organs, proteins, and tissues enables the immune system to defend the body from pathogens.

For the first time, scientists have systematically analyzed somatic mutations in stomach lining tissue to unpick mutational ...

POLG-related diseases disrupt the function of the mitochondria, or "powerhouses" of the cell — starving them of energy.

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...