New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on ...

A team of immunologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has turned what we know about T-cells, one of the most ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

Researchers reveal epigenetic memory works like a dimmer switch, enabling more cell types than previously recognized.

Essentially all cells in an organism's body have the same genetic blueprint, or genome, but the set of genes that are ...

Ocrevus rapidly depletes immune B-cells in people with MS, but ongoing treatment also leads to changes in immune T-cells, a ...

Edits create cells that don’t trigger an immune response, allowing implant recipient to forego immune-suppressing drugs.

Unlike traditional approaches that typically test one protein target or drug at a time in hopes of identifying an effective ...

Analyzing single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data is crucial for understanding complex biological processes and disease ...

Scientists treated a person’s type 1 diabetes with genetically modified insulin-producing cells that evaded immune system attacks. This is the first therapy for the condition that does not require imm ...

A few years ago, Dr. Shapiro's team demonstrated that an enzyme, known as ST8Sia6, that increases sialic acid on the surface ...

Some types of sickle cell disease cause severe illness, while others have a mild or unapparent course. Sickle cell disease is present from birth and inherited from genes you receive from your parents.