Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have created a method that makes it possible to transform the brain's support cells ...

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To measure mouse fear and anxiety, scientists use a classic tool called the “elevated plus maze.” It looks just like it ...

A vesicle, only a few nanometers in size and filled with neurotransmitters, approaches a cell membrane, fuses with it, and releases its chemical messengers into the synaptic cleft—making them ...

It may not be something often thought about, but the study of microscopic biological tissues found in humans, animals, or plants, otherwise known as Histology, dates back centuries.

But watching how the flu virus sneaks into cells has been difficult because standard microscopes can't capture these fast, tiny steps clearly. In a breakthrough study, scientists from Switzerland and ...

When a pathogen like a dangerous virus invades the human body, it usually has to enter human cells to cause an illness. Influenza has to latch onto a receptor on the surface of a human cell so it can ...

A new study shows, for the first time, that cow cells can naturally become immortal—continuing to divide indefinitely without genetic modification or any abnormal transformation. This overturns ...

New NE-AFM method measures nuclear stiffness in living cells. It shows cancer nuclei change softness with chromatin and environment, aiding diagnosis and treatment. By employing a technique called ...

In early October, approximately 100 high-school students traded their regular classrooms for something far more extraordinary — a day immersed in the world of stem cell research, complete with lab ...

Stem cells are precursors of a variety of different cells: They can turn into anything from blood to bone to muscle. Human blood stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells, are the forerunners of ...