The enteric nervous system (ENS), the largest division of autonomic nervous system, is a tantalizing frontier in neuroscience. With the advent of single-cell transcriptomics, the ENS has been ...

Uptake of cell-free chromatin particles released from dying cells and carrying non-coding DNA could redefine mammalian genomics.

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a study finds, furthering the understanding of the possible effects of ...

New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on ...

Following encouraging results from pre-clinical research and a recent clinical trial on stem cell-based treatments for patients with Type 1 diabetes, researchers are now working on maximizing the ...

Researchers have transplanted precursor stem cells into the damaged heart muscle of pigs, repairing injured cells and improving heart function. The study may lead to a treatment that can regenerate ...

The immune cell repertoire is composed of many different cell types that are orchestrated in response to infection and other pathogens that enter the body. As a result, the body can defend itself ...

Proteins can be driven by mutations to self-assemble into agglomerates (composed of folded proteins) or aggregates ...

The body has an intricate system to defend against infections where each type of immune cell plays a distinct role. Now, a ...