Most cell signals are chemical in nature. For example, prokaryotic organisms have sensors that detect nutrients and help them navigate toward food sources. In multicellular organisms, growth factors, ...
Researchers at the University of Vienna have discovered a key mechanism that enables sea anemones to regenerate into fully ...
In leukemia's most aggressive forms, the blood cell factories in our bone marrow falter. Instead of dividing and multiplying ...
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Blood vessel cells keep fixed signaling roles for weeks, reshaping view of capillary communication
The cells lining skin capillaries are constantly sending each other messages—tiny pulses of calcium that help regulate blood flow, sense physical forces and keep vessel walls intact. Scientists have ...
Too much fat can be unhealthy: how fat cells, so-called adipocytes, develop, is crucial for the function of the fat tissue. That is why a team led by researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB ...
Virtual cell models that enable the prediction of cell behavior across scales and biological contexts are rapidly emerging at ...
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