The immune system provides an integral defense against cancer growth and progression. Activating an anti-tumor immune response relies on several biological steps that can ultimately result in the ...

Scientists have discovered that lysosomes, structures traditionally viewed as the cell's recycling centers, also play a role ...

Enzymes are essential to a wide range of industrial processes. As biocatalysts, they play a key role in producing active ...

At the 2024 annual meeting of the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT) in Vancouver, Canada, Hélio Tomás, PhD, senior research associate at the Instituto de Biologia Experimental e ...

In a very on-brand move for the 2020s, Singapore is building a “Biological Data Center” that uses millions of living human brain cells to compute information. Human neurons meet silicon chips The ...

Strokes lead to irreversible damage to the brain and are one of the most common causes of dependency or death. As the cellular reactions to a cerebral infarction are not yet fully understood, there ...

When injured, cells have well-regulated responses to promote healing. These include a long-studied self-destruction process that cleans up dead and damaged cells as well as a more recently identified ...

Not only does our body change with age, but so does our immune system. A recent study led by the Center for Individualized Infection Medicine (CiiM) shows exactly how immune cells age and how ...

Human milk is stranger than you think. It’s not just a mixture of fats, proteins, sugars and antibodies. It’s also home to thousands of living cells, including immune cells and cells involved in ...