Scientists at Feinberg are reshaping scientific understanding of the cell's tiniest components—structures once thought to be ...

How much does life weigh? It sounds like a strange question, but to biologists it makes all the sense in the world. Yeast ...

We have written quite a bit about fraudulent stem cell clinics. They have followed a typical pattern of overhyping new ...

When it comes to brain cells, neurons get the most attention. Their central role in our thoughts, sensations and behaviors has captivated scientists. But neurons are only half the story: glia, ...

Dr. McAdams, a physicist at Stanford, was struck by the way biologists drew figures filled with arrows to show how different ...

Researchers report that a single glial cell uses different molecules to communicate with different neurons. Careful clustering of these molecules ensures that the glial cell can conduct a distinct ...