When a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages, our cells work ...

Brain cells named for stars are finally getting their time to shine. Three distinct studies, published May 15 in Science, show that astrocytes, once thought of as support cells, powerfully shape how ...

Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

All cells need to sense and respond to their environment, to know when to activate genes, build proteins, and carry out their basic functions. One of the most well-studied cellular responses is how ...

Megan Baldridge and her co-workers will use their Global Grant for Gut Health (GGGH) to examine which human proteins interact with bacteriophage viruses in the gut, and how this might trigger ...

Every person who has ever been pregnant leaves a biological trace that is far more intimate than a family photo album. During ...

Researchers found in mice that multiple nutrients and cancer cell characteristics work together to control the spread of ...