A new study from Aarhus University shows that our cells’ ability to clean out old protein clumps, known as aggregates, also includes a partnership with an engine that breaks down bigger pieces into ...

Aggressive cancer cells are masters of movement. When they spread through the body, they cause metastasis, which significantly reduces a person's chance of survival. For this spreading to take place, ...

In many cells of the human body, hair-like protrusions known as cilia act as antennae, allowing cells to receive signals from their environment and other cells. As cells grow and divide, each cilium ...

Researchers have uncovered how a mysterious ion channel helps cells break down waste, opening new possibilities for treating Parkinson's disease.Just ...

Chinese researchers recently reported a method for improving cancer immunotherapy efficacy by giving T cells—the body's cancer- and infection-fighting white cells—a rest. Cancer immunotherapies such ...

When blood cancer cells break through the bone and multiply, tumor cells become dangerously diverse and the immune response in the region changes, researchers from Berlin and Heidelberg report in ...