The hunt for the holy grail of a longer life has consumed the careers of the brightest scientists and dented the fortunes of ...

Researchers at LMU in collaboration with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg have discovered how ...

With a five-year survival rate of less than 5%, glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive types of brain cancer. Until now, all available treatments, including immunotherapy—which involves ...

A new study shows, for the first time, that cow cells can naturally become immortal—continuing to divide indefinitely without genetic modification or any abnormal transformation. This overturns ...

Analysis of the DNA and proteins of a range of animals has revealed that sperm’s molecular toolkit arose in our single-celled ...

By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

Researchers found that rabies virus uses a shape-shifting protein to hijack RNA and control vital cell functions. Viruses are astonishingly efficient, able to take over our cells and control essential ...

National Geographic finds continued animal suffering and exploitation in these YouTube videos. Here's what's being done months after the platform pledged to take swift action. YouTube is rife with ...

B-cell lymphoma is a cancer that forms in white blood cells called lymphocytes. These cells are made by your bone marrow and play an important role in your body's ability to fight infections. These ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered how to reverse aging in blood-forming stem cells in mice by correcting defects in the stem cell's lysosomes. The breakthrough ...

B cells are a subtype of lymphocyte. They form part of the adaptive immune response and mediate humoral immunity. B cells can produce high-affinity antibodies and generate immunological memory. Among ...

Your blood is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma. White blood cells only make up about 1% of your blood, but they have an important function. As part of your immune ...