Westlake University in China and the California Institute of Technology have designed a protein-based system inside living ...

The role of regulatory T cells Previous studies revealed that genetically altering mice to lack calcium signaling in their immune system's T cells resulted in dysfunction in one particular type of T ...

Animals feature what is known as pluripotency; an ability for embryonic stem cells to differentiate and develop into the variety of tissues that make up a fully developed organism. In spite of not ...

A new study suggests fat cells keep a memory of previous weight gain, which may help to explain why this happens. Losing weight can be a lot of work, which makes it all the more frustrating when ...

“Culling” is a term used to describe the killing of farmed animals before they would have been slaughtered and sold for human consumption. In our highly industrialized U.S. food ...

A new study has uncovered an unexpected way cancer cells can escape the immune system, making it harder ... and immunotherapy more effective in animal models. "By blocking the actions of ...

Background: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is commonly used in animal reproduction and production ... finding that GnRH can target S100A4 to inhibit endometrial epithelial cells proliferation, ...

Background: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) engineered natural killer (NK) cells exhibit advantages such as MHC-independent recognition and strong anti-tumor functions. However, allogeneic CAR-NK ...

Specialized cells help to create a nurturing environment in which tumour-fighting immune cells can thrive and work to eliminate lung cancer, a study 1 in tissue from mice and humans has found.

But they are trying to create what they call the “recorder mouse,” in which all 10 billion of the animal’s cells carry individual records of their experiences since fertilization.

A safety net of balloon-mounted sensors listening for satellites and cell towers could save lives ... an alternative to the global position system (GPS) that uses phone signals to act as an ...