One of the most well-studied cellular responses is how they react during times of stress, such as when the temperature gets ...

Placozoa are among the simplest animals in the world. They were initially discovered living on the walls of aquariums in a ...

Long before a liver tumor appears, a high-fat diet can push liver cells into a risky survival mode. That is the central ...

Antarctic icefish are famous for living without red blood cells, but they are not alone. A species of needle-shaped, ...

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual ...

Red blood is the exception, not the rule. Evolution has painted it green, purple and white in animals that push physiology ...

Sea anemones and jellyfish don’t have brains, but the way their neurons behave during sleep shows some surprising ...

A groundbreaking new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions ...

Intestinal Stem Cells (ISCs) derived from a patient's own cells have garnered significant attention as a new alternative for treating intractable intestinal diseases due to their low risk of rejection ...

A treatment that blocks an age-related protein restored cartilage in aging and injured joints by reprogramming existing cells ...

Sleep may have evolved to help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells long before they became centralized in the brain, a study ...