Researchers at the University of Michigan have revealed that cells use a previously unknown feat of molecular craftsmanship ...

Photoreceptors are specialized cells in the eye that convert light energy into neural signals. Several diseases that cause irreversible vision loss, including age-related macular degeneration, ...

In several disease conditions, including infections and cancers, innate immune activation and nutrient scarcity occur together. A study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, published in Cell, ...

Illustration of a healthy cell (left) alongside a cell that has been affected by necrosis (right). The process of necrosis, a form of cell death, may represent one of the most promising ways to change ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: When cells are about to die, they send signals that trigger proteins which are supposed to destroy them, but it doesn’t always happen that way. Some ...