Plant a seed and, if the conditions are right, the seed grows. The process seems simple enough at first glance and is something many of us may feel like we learned in elementary school.

A new AI model called Nicheformer restores spatial context to single-cell data, showing how cells organize within tissues.

Naturally occurring calcium channels act as pores on the membranes of excitable cells, such as those found in nerves and ...

Researchers say findings help to bridge the structure of the genome to its function in managing how genes are turned on and off.

MIT researchers discovered that the genome’s 3D structure doesn’t vanish during cell division as previously thought. Instead, ...

Prior to using this narrative, have learners create their own model of a cell in their notebooks using whatever background information or experience they might have. While exploring the narrative, ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in DNA's shape have an important influence on gene activity and energy production.

Caltech researchers have reintroduced a classic technique to image the formation and growth of individual cells that make up biofilms, sticky masses of millions of cells that are often responsible for ...

Researchers from the University at Albany and NYU Grossman School of Medicine have found a way to block a key cellular ...

Researchers from the University at Albany and NYU Grossman School of Medicine have found a way to block a key cellular ...