Scientists have developed a breakthrough technique to directly convert skin cells into neurons, bypassing the need for stem ...

Textbooks usually depict the epithelial cells encasing the interior and exterior of your body as passive barriers. But ...

Down to their very DNA, astronauts’ bodies can change in weird and sometimes significant ways, particularly during a long flight high above the Earth: They start to elongate, often developing a taller ...

When interleukin-12 is added to the cell culture, it leads to a significant reduction in nerve fibers (pink) and oligodendrocytes, and thus to a decline in myelin (white).

Inside the human eye, the retina is made up of several types of cells, including the light-sensing photoreceptors that initiate the cascade of events that lead to vision.

Until now, skin cells have been viewed as barriers that can respond to electric stimuli. Turns out, they also generate ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — Research has shown that a potential new targeted therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating and killing tumor cells in ... How Healthy Stem Cells Turn Into Or ...

Mar. 12, 2025 — A new study analyzing diet, average plasma sugar levels and cancer prevalence in some 273 vertebrate species showed surprising results. The study found no significant link ...

Rob began a series of tests and surgeries to treat bladder cancer, prostate cancer and an aortic aneurysm. His cancers were removed, but nerve damage from his surgery left Rob unable to fully empty ...

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