In recent years, scientists have developed methods to measure a cell's transcriptome, or all the RNA produced by a cell, to ...

The lab-made cell pushing the boundaries of life, explained.

Glioblastoma is among the most feared diagnoses in medicine, an aggressive brain cancer that has long resisted meaningful ...

Researchers discovered a possible way cancer cells hide from the immune system: they build a thick, sugar-rich coating around ...

As 2025 comes to a close, the editors at The Scientist asked researchers to reflect on the biggest breakthroughs in cell biology this year. They named advances in everything from embryo models for ...

Established in 2016, the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium set out to create a comprehensive biological map of cells within the human body. Now progressing into a data integration phase, the HCA is ...

Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks” during cell division. Instead of acting like a motor, it works more like ...

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Partillion Bioscience trained researchers to run Nanovial-based functional assays on two commercial cell sorting platforms during the 49th Annual Course in ...

Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as “miracle” cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...