An ambitious project launched in 2016 has made a dent in one of biology’s greatest challenges — with more than 3,600 ...

Kidney cells can make memories too. At least, in a metaphorical sense. Neurons have historically been the cell most associated with memory. But far outside the brain, kidney cells can also store ...

They provide essential tools and examples of how cell atlases can be built at large scale. Taken together, these studies ...

Scientists focused on certain organs — plotting the jobs of cells in the mouth, stomach and intestines, as well as cells that ...

Too much of a good thing is no good at all. Living organisms enjoy sunlight -- in fact, many need it to stay alive -- but they tend to avoid light that is too bright. Animals go to their shelter, ...

The Wistar Institute's Alessandro Gardini, Ph.D., and lab have shed new light on how certain biological processes determine the development of neural cells. Their findings on a molecular "bridge" ...

Scientists published more than three dozen papers as part of the Human Cell Atlas, an effort to map the human body cell by ...

Today, Nature and other Nature Portfolio journals published a collection of more than 40 peer-reviewed papers marking a milestone toward researchers’ understanding of the human body in health and ...

Scientists from around the world are making headway in compiling a Human Cell Atlas -- a deep dive into the myriad types of ...

"When things go wrong, they go wrong with our cells first and foremost," said biologist Aviv Regev.