Within multicellular organisms, tissues are organized communities of cells that work together to carry out a specific function. The exact role of a tissue in an organism depends on what types of ...

Scientists have identified no less than 16 distinct types of nerve cells in the human dorsal root ganglion (DRG), ...

A team led by Professor Kazuhiro Maeshima of the National Institute of Genetics (ROIS) and SOKENDAI in Japan has developed a ...

We're all very complex organisms, made up of lots of different types of cells carrying out different jobs in our bodies; such as nerve cells, blood cells, fat cells and muscle cells. So, where do ...

In a healthy human adult, bacterial cells outnumber human cells, but the identity and degree of diversity of these bacteria in a single individual, their variability from person to person, and their ...

Food in, energy out? It’s not as simple as that. How do cells meet our bodies’ ever changing energy needs? In most animal cells, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a compound with high potential ...