Why cell membranes are more alive than you think Cell membranes aren’t just passive barriers—they’re dynamic, shape‑shifting powerhouses that regulate life’s most vital processes. From controlling ...

A Moffitt Cancer Center researcher has introduced a new model that addresses one of biology's most fundamental questions: How does genetic information keep living systems organized and therefore alive ...

Activated immune cells secrete tiny capsules bearing DNA that can enter other immune and tumor cells to stimulate the body's ...

How do our genes determine our appearance and our susceptibility to disease? This question is central to biomedical research, ...

The immune system is a complex response of various cells that detect and elicit mechanisms to eliminate disease. This ...

Researchers at VIB and VUB have developed a powerful new way to study how the immune system behaves inside lung tumors.

Background Sympathetic signalling plays a critical role in the initiation and progression of various malignancies. However, ...

Chemokines, acting as "traffic controllers" in the tumor microenvironment, regulate immune cell infiltration and local ...

Dozens of new discoveries reveal that defenses evolved by bacteria and viruses billions of years ago still define our own ...

Obesity alters bone health not only through increased body weight but also by reshaping the bone marrow environment.

For years, one of the most powerful weapons against certain blood cancers, called CAR-T therapy, has required an elaborate process: Doctors extract a patient’s immune cells, ship them to a specialized ...