Multicellular life depends on remarkable acts of cooperation. Every cell in the human body must sense what is happening ...

Among the body's most crucial protective features are the brain barrier systems, including the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barriers. These barriers are made of highly specialized ...

A team at the University of Basel, Switzerland, has developed a versatile nanorobot with propulsion and payload modules. The ...

Newly found immune cells called ‘ruptoblasts’ explode when triggered, ejecting toxic chemicals capable of delivering death to surrounding cells in just minutes. The cells’ discoverers say that this ...