Cells that are about to die send a signal to an executioner protein, but sometimes, those cells can fight back and regenerate ...

The immune cell repertoire is composed of many different cell types that are orchestrated in response to infection and other pathogens that enter the body. As a result, the body can defend itself ...

A research team of the University Medical Center Mainz has succeeded in observing for the first time how G protein-coupled ...

In order to reprogram readily available cells into specific immune cells that fight various diseases, one must know the ...

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that ...

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to the function of motile cilia, the hair-like structures extending from the ...

While research has uncovered many details about how blood cells function within bone marrow, the work of other cells existing in that space remained a relative mystery. Now, researchers from the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Zimislecel is an investigational stem cell-derived islet therapy for type 1 diabetes. Ten of 12 participants no ...

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 ...