The human small intestine absorbs nutrients while protecting us from potentially harmful microbes. One of the cell types that ...

Tiny structures inside your cells keep your body alive by turning food into fuel. These structures, called mitochondria, ...

Biomedical researchers at Texas A&M University may have discovered a way to stop or even reverse the decline of cellular energy production—a finding that could have revolutionary effects across ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too ...

Kimchi may do far more than add flavor to meals—it could help fine-tune the human immune system. A clinical study using ...

Researchers at Duke University used CRISPR technologies to discover previously unannotated stretches of DNA in the ‘dark genome’ that are responsible for controlling how cells sense and respond to the ...

Scientists have attempted to map the human cell since the first microscope was invented more than 400 years ago. But many components of the cell still remain uncharted. "We know each of the proteins ...

Biologists have long suspected that aging is not just a slow, inevitable fraying of our cells but a process governed by ...

Scientists are learning how to revive faltering human cells by loading them with fresh power plants, effectively repairing ...