The axolotl, a type of salamander that stays in the tadpole form throughout its life, is a master of regeneration. Axolotls ...

When a cell receives a message from outside, it generates a molecule called cyclic AMP (cAMP) to relay this message. To ...

A groundbreaking discovery offers hope for reversing kidney damage, challenging the notion that it's irreversible.

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We explain why the anatomy of a dog's ear makes them prone to ear infections and what you can do to help them.

Tiny structures inside your cells keep your body alive by turning food into fuel. These structures, called mitochondria, ...

By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious initiative to chart how the many types of brain cells emerge and mature ...

Two related studies published today in Nature Metabolism show that a specialized intracellular recycling mechanism—chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA)—is essential for muscle health. The research, ...