The membrane-bound organelle appears to play a huge role in helping cells sort, discard, and recycle their contents. It's ...

Your body is like a busy city with construction crews working every day. These crews are your stem cells. They fix damage, ...

Hemifusomes are fused vesicles, or sacs of fluid, that were previously unknown to exist inside cells. They were discovered ...

Chronic inflammation occurs when the immune system is stuck in attack-mode, sending cell after cell to defend and repair the ...

The hugely ambitious project of mapping the estimated 37.2 trillion cells of the human body is close to reaching a historic milestone – the first draft of the 'atlas.' We got a glimpse at what's ...

Regev compared scientific knowledge of cell biology before the Human Cell Atlas initiative with a “15 th century map.” “Now, years later, the resolution of the map is a lot higher,” she said.

In general, human cells had more upregulated genes compared to chimpanzees. This is a much larger percentage than researchers found when they couldn't break down the analysis by cell type.

Even after decades of research, biologists are still uncovering surprises about the human body. A team of researchers from the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have ...

The human body comprises roughly 37 trillion cells, with each cell type having a unique function. Sign up here. The researchers aim to have a first draft of the atlas done in the next year or two.

Scientists with the Human Cell Atlas (HCA), an international research consortium, have profiled 100 million cells from more than 10,000 people around the world. Working in over 100 countries, the ...

A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it could someday ...

But in general, human-specific cell types are rare. The overall impression, when comparing the cell types of the human brain with other species, is one of similarity.