A rare group of neurons can reconnect broken spinal circuits and trigger leg muscle activity after spinal cord injury—a discovery that could help refine future stem-cell therapies for paralysis. The ...

Understanding gene expression within the body has been a boon for 21st century biology and therapeutics, but most discoveries ...

This proposed collection will examine how discoveries emerging from curiosity-driven research in cell and developmental biology have given rise to major ...

Eight Researchers Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Rutgers faculty elected to the ...

A newly published study reports that APC-deficient cancer cells may depend on a single metabolic enzyme for survival, ...

Scientists recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell ...

Every multicellular organism, from tiny worms to humans, elephants, and whales, needs a way for their cells to connect with ...

Researchers have revealed how bacteria precisely control the genes that trigger cell division. The study shows that the MraZ ...

Fluorescence microscopy illustrates immune cell–mediated extraction of nuclear DNA from dying cells, highlighting a newly identified process called nucleocytosis. Over the years, cell biology has ...

Researchers have identified a previously unknown type of photoreceptor in deep-sea fish larvae that blends features of rods and cones, challenging long-held assumptions about how vertebrate vision ...

It’s a familiar image, reprinted in countless biology textbooks: an illustration of a typical cell, halved like a grapefruit to reveal its innards. Strands of endoplasmic reticulum encircle a nucleus ...

Disruptions of wound healing phases of the skin lead to chronic wound formation, excessive wound healing, substantial consumption of resources and long-term medical management (1). Extensive skin ...