Cancer is caused by faulty genes, but what also shapes a cancer cell's behavior is how a gene's instructions are trimmed and ...

Picture a living cell as if it were a city. If you were the urban planner for this (very little, very alive) city, one of the things you would have to decide is how to allocate space for different ...

Cancer cells are relentless in their quest to grow and divide, often rewiring their metabolism and modifying RNA to stay one step ahead. Now, researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive ...

A new study led by researchers at Adelaide University and published in Science Advances reveals why some cancers can grow and ...

Hyperspectral imaging has provided an insight into how cells organize and prioritize organelle growth. As cells grow, their organelles also need to grow. But do all the organelles grow at the same ...

A tiny fleet of gold nanorobots is teaching stem cells how to become bone. At the same time, another lab is using gentle pulses of pressure to coax single cells into building mineral and collagen.

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

A group of natural compounds attracting attention for their anti-aging potential has a dark side. New research shows how a ...

Every multicellular organism, from tiny worms to humans, elephants, and whales, needs a way for their cells to connect with ...