Multicellular organisms, including humans, can be incredibly complex even though they start from one fertilized cell. The many cells that compose the tissues and organs in a body are derived from ...

Throughout the world, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer type among women and is the leading cause of death related to cancer. Interestingly, West African nations have a higher ...

In a recent study published in Nature Medicine, researchers map the diverse cell types present in healthy breast tissue to elucidate the role of genetic ancestry in breast cancer risk. Study: ...

Confocal microscopy image of nuclei, coloured by depth, of Trichoplax sp. H2, one of the four species of placozoan for which the authors of the study created a cell atlas for. [Sebastian R.

Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center have completed the most extensive mapping of healthy breast cells to date. These findings offer an important ...

As researchers race to cultivate more of the intriguing cells from the deep seafloor, the few cells now growing in labs are giving us our best glimpses of the forerunners of all complex life. An oak ...

Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital have studied tissue from patients with atherosclerosis. They found that many of the cells in the diseased tissue ...

The cancer likely started off as an immune cell that mutated, multiplied and adapted to survive in the water. By Carl Zimmer In the 1970s, soft-shell clams started mysteriously dying off in Maine and ...

Colorful visualization of DNA sequences and cellular changes in blood vessels – inspired by research into the similarities between cancer and atherosclerosis. Researchers from the University of ...