An international team of researchers co-led by Job Dekker, PhD, at UMass Chan Medical School, have identified rules that tell cells how to fold DNA into the tightly packed, iconic X-shaped chromosomes ...

Eventually, the bulk of cells form into a very organized structure called the blastocyst, from which all future organs and tissues develop. The entire process is termed morphogenesis. "These early ...

Billions of years of evolution have made modern cells incredibly complex ... They are made of fatty molecules called lipids that naturally form thin sheets. Vesicles form when these sheets curl into a ...

“But we propose that maybe if you give nonbrain cells complicated enough tasks, they will also be able to form a memory.” Neuroscientist Ashok Hegde calls the study “interesting, because ...

Not all brain cells are found in the brain. For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion.

A research team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has made new insights into how the body forms immune cell clusters called ... in triggering TLSs to form in tumors could lead ...