Activated T cells that carry a certain marker protein on their surface are controlled by natural killer (NK) cells, another cell type of the immune system. In this way, the body presumably curbs ...

Researchers have built a synthetic-cell platform that can be chemically adjusted in real time, sidestepping a long-standing bottleneck in artificial cell design. The system, based on coacervate ...

A system once tied to DNA organization in cyanobacteria has evolved into a structure that shapes the cell itself. This shift ...

A team of Merck scientists is shining a new spotlight on an old bioprocessing workhorse—permittivity, which is how much electrical energy a culture can store and correlates with the amount of living ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising twist in how bacteria share genes—including those that spread antibiotic resistance.

The olfactory system is essential for most animals: it supports postnatal survival, detects environmental hazards and mediates emotional, social and nutritional behaviors.

Research has shed important new light on the enemies-turned-allies that allow bacteria to  exchange genes, including those ...