Plant cells are surrounded by an intricately structured protective coat called the cell wall. It’s built of cellulose microfibrils intertwined with polysaccharides like hemicellulose or pectin. We ...

A moving cell looks simple from a distance. One edge pushes forward, the rest follows, and the whole thing creeps along as if ...

Detail of a pyramidal cell. Dendrites are red and orange. The axon is blue. Source: Allen Institute for Brain Science Neuroscience got its start more than 100 years ago when Santiago Ramon y Cajal and ...

Researchers have developed a way of detecting circulating tumor cells in the bloodstream of pancreatic cancer and lung cancer patients. Researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a way ...