Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

Researchers from University of California San Diego have found that two of the most frequently administered stem cell therapies, which are often used interchangeably, actually contain completely ...

Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in women. It is a highly variable ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have found that two of the most frequently administered stem cell therapies, which are often used interchangeably, actually contain ...

New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

The resulting information was immense, as each cell type was found to express more than 20,000 individual genes. Among their findings, Hines and his team discovered a rare epithelial cell type which ...

Like the seeds of a forest, a few cells in embryos eventually sprout into an ecosystem of brain cells. Neurons get the most recognition for their computing power. But a host of other cells provides ...