A visionary project of enormous scope, the Human Cell Atlas aims to map out all the tissues of the human body at various time points with the goal of creating…
Just as plastic tips protect the ends of shoelaces and keep them from fraying when we tie them, molecular tips called telomeres protect the ends of chromosomes…
Small infections can be fatal: Millions of people die each year from sepsis, an overreaction of the immune system. A new immune signaling molecule, designed by…
The numbers are alarming: According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), around six million people die every year from sepsis. The disease,…
Researchers have developed a simple blood test that can detect when a newly transplanted lung is being rejected by a patient, even when no outward signs of the…
Enormous numbers of bacteria live in our intestines: they normally cause no disease and they are essential if we are to remain healthy.
Bones are very hard organs. Still they do possess a tight meshwork of blood vessels in their inner cavity, where the bone marrow is located, as well as on the…
Synthetic molecules are essential for many products in our lives: medicines, crop protection agents or special materials such as Teflon. These molecules have…
So-called bifacial stem cells are responsible for one of the most critical growth processes on Earth – the formation of wood.
Most of our cells contain an immobile primary cilium, an antenna used to transfer information from the surrounding environment. Some cells also have many…
Ecosystems like high-biodiversity grasslands and forests are more resistant to disturbances, such as invasive species, climate fluctuations and pathogens, than…
Bees are social insects that live together in large colonies with a distinct social structure. Usually, roles are clearly distributed within a bee colony: In…
Cells must keep their shape and proportions to successfully reproduce through cell division, finds new research from the Francis Crick Institute and King's…
The success of immune reactions in response to pathogen infection critically depends on the generation of high affinity antibodies that can neutralize the…
New research on the U.S.'s most economically important agricultural plant – corn – has revealed a different internal structure of the plant than previously…
The fabrication of electronic components usually follows a top-down pathway in specialized physical laboratories. Using special carving tools in clean rooms,…
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