By reprogramming red blood cell precursors into neural stem cells, researchers effectively reset the cell’s molecular clock.

Natural killer cells reprogrammed inside mice eliminated lymphoma tumors and helped damaged livers heal, though whether this ...

During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and viruses from self-antigens that are expressed by cells of the body. If not, the ...

A new Finnish study reveals that just 30 minutes in a sauna can temporarily flood the bloodstream with additional white blood cells, potentially helping the immune system patrol the body and detect ...

Every time a tissue grows or renews itself, cells must divide inside an already crowded environment. That creates a ...

Eighteen of 20 mice with an aggressive B-cell leukemia reached a complete response after a single injection that built cancer-fighting T cells inside their own bodies, with no cells ever removed for ...

The counterintuitive twist in your T cell memory depends on how sick the virus actually made you.

Researchers have created an early version of a map of some of the human body’s cells. The human body has an estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique job. Knowing each cell’s job ...

Share on Pinterest Do all our cells have a type of memory, and if so, how might this influence health? We investigate. Design by MNT; Photography by Grant Faint/Getty Images & Ed Reschke/Getty Images.

When you take a drug, where in your body does it actually go? For most medications, scientists can make only educated guesses about the answer to this question. Traditional methods can measure the ...

Tadalafil is a prescription drug closely related to Viagra. It is used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) and the urinary ...

CAR-T cell therapy has transformed the treatment of many blood cancers since it was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2017 for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. But ...