The dreaded tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus infects different types of brain cells in different parts of the brain, depending on whether the affected person's immune system is activated or not.

A Dartmouth study published in Nature Communications reveals that immune cells in the brain use a surprising two-step process ...

Researchers catalogue more than 3,000 different types of cell in our most complex organ. The enormous cell atlas offers a detailed snapshot of the most complex known organ. “It’s highly significant,” ...

Cell death is a fundamental physiological process that all organisms undergo and is crucial for organ maintenance, autoimmunity, and embryonic development. Some of the different types of programmed ...

Two dimensional positioning of brain cells (dots) based on their gene expression, used in a study about cortical brain cell variation between individuals. Cells are color-coded by donor. Image credit ...

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ)-- If you’ve been to different parts of Rancho Mirage you may have noticed that your cell phone service doesn’t always work depending your location and your carrier.

To ensure our bodies function correctly, the cells that compose them must operate properly. Imagine a cell as a bustling city ...

Scientists published more than three dozen papers as part of the Human Cell Atlas, an effort to map the human body cell by cell. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The average human cell contains roughly 10,000 different proteins. Existing as several to millions of copies in each cell, proteins mediate all manner of tasks, including chemical transformations, ...

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In an interview with Targeted Oncology, George Mulligan, PhD, discussed the key takeaways from analysis of the Immune Atlas ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...