In a scientific first, researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Diego, have generated a ...

Plasmodesmata are only present in plant and algae cells and are not present in animal cells. Lysosomes are membrane-bound ...

Microglia are the immune system's front-line enforcers in the brain. They are cells that patrol the brain and destroy anything harmful that they encounter, from invading bacteria to cellular debris.

This is probably due to the animal cells digesting the unfamiliar organelles, but the researchers say genetic tweaks to the animal cells could potentially side-step digestion. While the research might ...

The pig’s heart was graying rapidly, so McCully decided to try it. He loaded a syringe with the extracted mitochondria and ...

The typical animal cell measures about 10 microns, or 0.001 centimeters, in diameter. Which is unsurprising—cells are small! that's sort of the point!—and, at the same time, curious. Animals ...

There are many different kinds of membranes in a cell. Learn how they subdivide sections of a cell and how proteins in these membranes are gatekeepers for what goes in and what comes out.

Previous studies suggested that animal cells would digest chloroplasts before they could function, but this study challenges that belief. Led by scientists at the University of Tokyo, the team not ...