However, computer simulations based on Turing’s idea created spots that were blurrier than those found in nature. In 2023, ...

For a new plant to grow from a seed, cells need to divide numerous times. Daughter cells can each take on different tasks and sometimes vary in size. How plants determine the plane of cell division in ...

From tiger stripes to leopard spots, the animal world is full of distinctive and intricate patterns. In a new study, CU ...

In a world first that challenges what we thought we knew about biology, scientists have successfully engineered animal cells that can photosynthesize. The breakthrough promises to revolutionize ...

Different cell types - say, heart, liver, blood, and sperm cells - possess characteristics that help them carry out their unique jobs in the body. In general, those characteristics are hard-wired.

LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP) is a specialized process for degrading dead cells, microbes or other particles. It plays a role in innate immunity, inflammation regulation and anticancer responses.

In a pioneering study, scientists have successfully created a living mouse from stem cells derived from genes that are older ...

Scientists have discovered a new contender in the quest to hack the human aging process, and it’s a little-studied protein within a cell structure that also doesn’t get a lot of airtime in research ...