Zombie, or senescent, cells accumulate in our body with age, when we become less able to clear them. But a study in mice ...

Dr. Javin Oza said building synthetic cells in a lab environment is "kind of like rebuilding a car from its parts." ...

Two types of carbohydrates are important to plants—structural carbohydrates (which form cell walls) and nonstructural ...

A nerve cell resembles a vast tree with branches that communicate with thousands of other cells. To function, it depends on a ...

Microorganisms are increasingly being engineered to manufacture valuable compounds ranging from medicines and food ...

A cell capable of exploding like a tiny biological grenade has just been identified in flatworms. Named "ruptoblast," it ...