Tiny structures inside your cells keep your body alive by turning food into fuel. These structures, called mitochondria, ...

Researchers at Duke University used CRISPR technologies to discover previously unannotated stretches of DNA in the ‘dark genome’ that are responsible for controlling how cells sense and respond to the ...

Cells are not immortal, and that is a good thing. After a certain number of divisions, many human cells stop multiplying for ...

The human small intestine absorbs nutrients while protecting us from potentially harmful microbes. One of the cell types that ...

Biomedical researchers at Texas A&M University may have discovered a way to stop or even reverse the decline of cellular energy production—a finding that could have revolutionary effects across ...

How can a virus with only five proteins dominate a human cell that contains thousands? This question has long puzzled ...

Scientists are learning how to revive faltering human cells by loading them with fresh power plants, effectively repairing ...

Erythritol may impair cellular functions essential to maintaining brain blood vessel health, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. Findings suggest that erythritol increases ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too ...

New data highlight liver-encoded delivery of immune modulators as a strategy to mitigate age-related immune dysfunction.