Yet, this is the goal of biology at the molecular level — to understand the collaborative functioning of the elements as being part of a system that forms a cell, a tissue, even an organism.

Stem cell program faculty are investigating diverse aspects of stem cell biology and therapeutics, including stem cells in hematopoiesis and leukemia (Ahn, Bhatia, Cheng, Grant, Klug, Lu, ...

Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...