A new Northwestern University study using patient nervous tissue and lab-grown human neurons has uncovered how a key disease ...
The average human cell contains roughly 10,000 different proteins. Existing as several to millions of copies in each cell, proteins mediate all manner of tasks, including chemical transformations, ...
After meals, the intestines use peristalsis to move food through the gut using coordinated contractions and relaxations of smooth muscle. Results from a new study in mice done by scientists at Harvard ...
The human brain can do many amazing things, but self-repair is not one of its repertoire of abilities. Once neurons die—from ...
No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch.
Some cells, such as immune cells, are highly mobile—they constantly remodel their shape, migrate toward a wound that needs to be closed or chase down bacteria in the bloodstream. This mobility is ...
Scientists have uncovered a surprising way Parkinson’s disease may start: tiny toxic proteins that punch holes in brain cells like revolving doors. Instead of causing instant collapse, these ...
A study has uncovered a new way by which a cell in human body senses temperature, which researchers said could play a role in ...
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