Photoreceptors are specialized cells in the eye that convert light energy into neural signals. Several diseases that cause irreversible vision loss, including age-related macular degeneration, ...

Every drop of blood in the human body traces back to a small reserve of stem cells buried inside bone marrow. These ...

Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown feature of cell death that reshapes how the immune system identifies and ...

Scientists have discovered that a protein linked to cell death is secretly driving the aging of blood stem cells in a ...

Cell death research has emerged as a cornerstone for understanding the pathogenesis of neurological disorders. Neurons and glial cells in the central ...

The duplication and division of cells is critical to keeping all multicellular organisms alive. But the opposite process is equally important: cell death. Controlled death of cells, or programmed cell ...

After cells die, they leave a residue that sends messages to other cells in ways that are valuable to the immune system. But this process can also be hijacked by viruses such as influenza, according ...

Fukuoka, Japan—The duplication and division of cells is critical to keeping all multicellular organisms alive. But the opposite process is equally important: cell death. Controlled death of cells, or ...

Scientists uncover a metabolic vulnerability in aging cells that could be key to restoring resilience and combating age-related diseases.