Cell-cell adhesion-induced patterning in keratinocytes can be explained by just starvation and strong adhesion, Hokkaido University researchers find. Fingerprints are one of the best-recognised ...

When it’s time for an e. coli bacterium to divide, proteins inside the single-celled organism start to chase each other around. “There are two types of proteins doing this, collectively,” said ...

Every time our body encounters a new disease-causing agent, a crucial defense system called adaptive immunity comes into play ...

A new method developed by Penn State biologists allows them to turn stripped-down plant cells into other types of cells, ...

New research reveals how a class of neurons that help coordinate communication in the brain link up with their target cells, ...

Memories can form outside of the brain, according to new research. Non-brain cells exposed to chemical pulses similar to the ones that brain cells are exposed to when presented with new information ...