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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Researchers use light stimuli to shape cells and develop a model that explains the mechanisms – with implications for synthetic biology.

“Reduced telomere length can be caused by embryonic cellular damage,” said study co-lead Dr. Yasmyn Winstanley. The ...

Advanced techniques are allowing scientists to witness the process where plant cells generate cellulose fibers.

A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — ...