MIT researchers have demonstrated that cell membrane composition directly influences EGFR activity, with elevated negatively ...

Biomedical research typically follows a familiar path: developing treatments that block, enhance or mutate certain signaling pathways, genes or proteins to change the function of different cells in ...

B cells are a crucial component of immunity, but their function, especially antibody secretion, has largely been studied in the context of secondary lymphoid organs (SLOs) and systemic immune ...

In a multicellular organism, biological functions are performed by cells coordinating via cell-cell communication (CCC). Cells communicate with each other by secreting molecular signals, which are ...

Nikon just announced the winners of the 2024 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, where scientific microscope images become art. This year’s top prize went to Bruno Cisterna, who (assisted ...

Stanford researchers have combined two microscopy techniques to create a one-of-a-kind instrument that can show cell structures interacting in real time at an unprecedented 120-nanometer ...