In the lab, it's easier to grow simple balls of cells than complex asymmetrical structures with two distinct ends—like the one million filtering units—nephrons—that make up a human kidney. But new ...

Mayo Clinic's Cellular Microsystems and Biosensors Lab seeks to employ microfluidic devices to culture patient-derived cells or tissue for personalized medicine applications ...

Small cell lung cancer cells that metastasize to the brain cozy up to neurons and form working electrical connections, called ...

Scientists have uncovered how stem cells in the olfactory system continually regenerate neurons responsible for our sense of smell.

Scientists have uncovered a sweet twist in the body’s fight against cancer. Glucose, best known as the fuel that powers our ...

By tracking the fate of individual embryonic stem cells, researchers have found that endoderm cells—early embryonic cells ...

Cancer cells have one relentless goal: to grow and divide. While most stick together within the original tumor, some rogue ...

Small cell lung cancer often metastasizes to the brain. A Stanford Medicine-led study shows the cancer cells form synapses with neurons, and signaling across these synapses encourages tumor growth.