Did you know that a small molecule called NAD+ plays a critical role in our aging process? A deficiency of this molecule may ...

Mind-blowing new research shows that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something entirely ...

A novel method is proposed for the classification of epithelial cells and clue cells in wet mount microscopic images of vaginal secretions. Generally, there are many complicated ingredients in these ...

Widespread smoke from wildfires and biomass burning contributes to air pollution and the deterioration of air quality and human health. A common and major emission of biomass burning, often found in ...

Objective UC is a chronic inflammatory disease of the colonic mucosa. Growing evidence supports a role for epithelial cell defects in driving pathology. Moreover, long-lasting changes in the ...

Death and life have been considered for millennia as complete opposites, a binary switch with permanent reversal. But creative new research suggests a possible third state of life whereby cells ...

1 Introduction Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most prevalent form of primary liver cancer and poses a major global health threat (Hamaya et al., 2023), with high incidence rates (Liu H. et al., ...

More information: Maik Bischoff et al, Plexin/Semaphorin Antagonism Orchestrates Collective Cell Migration and Organ Sculpting by Regulating Epithelial-Mesenchymal Balance, Science Advances (2025).

Adriana Smith’s story captured national attention — now, her family is holding both a newborn and unimaginable grief. The 31-year-old Georgia nurse declared brain dead in February after ...

News Brain-Dead Georgia Woman Kept Alive Due to Pregnancy Delivers Baby Weighing Less Than 2 Pounds Via C-Section "I'm not saying we would have chosen to terminate her pregnancy," her mother said.

A troubled dad with a long history of mental health problems was found dead in his HMP Liverpool cell. Daniel Edwin Fielding, known affectionately as Danny, died on January 19, 2024, just a day ...

Heart muscle cells do something similar, issuing electrical “heave-ho” signals that make the organ beat. Skin and other epithelial cells, however, were thought to be silent; they form barrier ...