When cells experience sudden physical stress, like stretching or pressure, they can activate a fast, protective mechanism ...

Our bodies are crackling with energy, and our cells make use of that energy using methods honed over billions of years of evolution. However, a new study suggests that cells could possibly be ...

Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells, enabling the cells to photosynthesize light, according to new research in Japan. It was previously thought that combining ...

Looking under the microscope, a group of cells slowly moves forward in a line, like a train on the tracks. The cells navigate through complex environments. A new approach now shows how they do this ...

DNA can voyage along intercellular highways called tunneling nanotubes. It’s a phenomenon that could potentially spread tumor DNA to healthy cells.

Scientists from six Asian countries have launched an ambitious 10-year effort to build synthetic cells from non-living ...

Until now, cells dividing by mitosis were thought to grow round and then split into two identical, spherical daughter cells. New research has found that some cells are isomorphic, meaning they retain ...

Billions of cells die in your body every day. Some go out with a bang, others with a whimper. They can die by accident if they’re injured or infected. Alternatively, should they outlive their natural ...

Every person walking the planet carries roughly 37 trillion cells, and nearly every one of those cells holds an identical ...

"Zombified" cells in blood vessels may play a key role in the development of metabolic diseases, like diabetes, with age, a new study finds. And slaying these zombie cells could be a promising ...