A new study from The University of Texas at Arlington has revealed how cells control their mitochondria—the "energy producers ...

Programmed cell death is an essential part of a healthy, normal life as the body removes old, damaged or unnecessary cells.

Scientists are hoping to treat diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's by influencing how cells make life-or-death ...

Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases, are characterized by progressive ...

Even in death, cells leave a trace. Scientists have discovered a microscopic “Footprint of Death” that not only helps the ...

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have revealed that amyloid fibrils formed by necroptosis mediators, RIPK1 and RIPK3, don't just form within ...

RELMy from immune cells disrupts heart rhythm after heart attacks. Blocking it may improve survival. In a new study published in Science, researchers at Massachusett Hospital (MGH) uncover a ...

A team at Massachusetts General Hospital uncovered that an immune defense protein, Resistin-like molecule gamma, attacks ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. "Our new tool allows us to study how changes in mitochondrial abundance and the mitochondrial genome affect cells and organisms," said ...

Some cells, such as immune cells, are highly mobile—they constantly remodel their shape, migrate toward a wound that needs to ...