Live-action adaptations of animated series can be a double-edged sword; they often face scrutiny from fans who hold the original material dear. However, the adaptation of 'Cells at Work' has managed ...

New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest ...

The structural and functional characteristics of mitochondria shape their role as signaling organelles, with far-reaching ...

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai have uncovered an unexpected way the nervous system repairs itself after injury, one that involves support cells acting far from the original damage. Their findings reveal ...

As people age, their immune system function declines. T cell populations become smaller and can't react to pathogens as quickly, making people more susceptible to a variety of infections. To try to ...

Natural killer (NK) cells are the bodyguards of our immune system. As a first line of defense, they destroy invading pathogens, foreign bodies, and infected cells in early stages, thereby preventing ...

Life’s fundamental structure is the cell, and so the main things that a cell does — processing biomolecules, growing, replicating its genetic material and producing a new body — are considered ...

One of the main changes is a loss of the innate immune system's naive T cells, the first line of defense against pathogens, and an increase in the adaptive immune system's memory T cells. This ...

Animated Shows Splinter Cell: Deathwatch creator responds to fan uncertainty over Michael Ironside's Sam Fisher replacement: "Give him a chance, because he made me a believer" Animated Shows Splinter ...

Scientists have discovered that boosting lysosome activity helps cells clear progerin, the toxic protein behind premature aging in progeria, offering a potential new way to fight aging-related ...