Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose—a major constituent of all plant cell walls—a team of Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have captured images of the microscopic ...

It’s important for scientists to understand how these extreme weather events will influence the sewage-associated viruses ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take nitrogen and convert it into the ingredient that helps all organisms grow.

Giant pandas have digestive systems that are typical for carnivores ... which stores the genetic information in a cell, and RNA, which carries and transfers this information.

Periodontal ligament stem cells (PDLSCs) are multipotent stem cells in the periodontal ... such as serving as substitutes for neutralizing antibodies (Xu et al., 2020). In addition, plant-derived ...