Stanford scientists have discovered a new type of immune cell that kills surrounding cells via explosion—a cellular ...
Scientists have solved a decades-old bacterial shape mystery, uncovering a potential new target for antibiotics.
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 ...
Cells are typically studied outside the body under controlled laboratory conditions. However, conventional flat cell culture ...
Stanford researchers have developed a microscope that can show how nanostructures interact inside living cells at the highest ...
Every cell in every organism on Earth copies DNA the same way. Except one bacterial protein — quietly doing something ...
A team at the University of Edinburgh has engineered a strain of E. coli that can swallow molecules derived from plastic ...