Cells constantly shift and transform, triggering the complex choreography that shapes living organisms. Whether dividing into ...

In response to signals from certain proteins and enzymes, a cell can start to move and shake, leading to contractions that cause it to squeeze, pinch, and eventually divide. As daughter cells follow ...

Construction began for a first-of-its-kind scientific research facility for human cell lineage in Guangzhou, capital of ...

But the type of a cell is determined by patterns of expression of that genome. The cell’s nature is shaped by which proteins ...

Engineered starfish oocytes shape-shift in response to light, may enable the design of synthetic, light-activated cells for ...

The team recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell walls ...

It may be disturbing to characterize human bodies in such commodifying terms, but the unavoidable reality is that human ...

A rendering of the appearance of the human cell lineage big science research facility Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Developmental biologist Dr. Alexandra Joyner reflects on her career and talks about the new passions she looks forward to pursuing in retirement.

Scientists used light to control how a starfish egg cell jiggles and moves during its earliest stage of development. Their optical system could guide the design of synthetic, light-activated cells for ...

The researchers observed that light activated the enzyme, causing predictable cell movements. For example, specific light ...