Cigarette smoke impairs mesenchymal stem cell function, limiting proliferation, migration, differentiation, and ...

Scientists have made an important discovery about the relationship between hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and immune response evasion. Their findings show how certain HSCs have regulatory functions ...

LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP) is a specialized process for degrading dead cells, microbes or other particles. It plays a ...

St. Jude scientists have uncovered the previously unknown lipid-regulated mechanism that initiates LC3-associated ...

For immune cells, the actin cytoskeleton is more than a structural scaffold. Immune cells can migrate to sites of infection ...

UCLA researchers have made strides in developing a stem cell gene therapy for alpha thalassemia major, a severe, inherited ...

Yale School of Medicine-led research reports that nerve-associated macrophages help maintain healthy fat over a lifespan and curb age-related inflammation.

Scientists discover new intestinal cells in Burmese pythons that completely dissolve bones, explaining why they never appear ...