Improvements in public health have allowed humankind to survive to older ages than ever before, but, for many people, these ...

A fast-aging fish is giving scientists a rare, accelerated look at how kidneys grow old—and how a common drug may slow that ...

The endothelial glycocalyx integrates mechanical signals with vascular biology, playing a vital role in health and disease, ...

Organoids are three-dimensional miniature models of organs, grown in a dish. They have become a valuable tool for studying ...

Dresden researchers develop novel methods to create acinar cells, which are involved in the formation of pancreatic cancer.

As people age, their immune system function declines. T cell populations become smaller and can't react to pathogens as quickly, making people more susceptible to a variety of infections. To try to ...

Natural killer (NK) cells are the bodyguards of our immune system. As a first line of defense, they destroy invading pathogens, foreign bodies, and infected cells in early stages, thereby preventing ...

Life’s fundamental structure is the cell, and so the main things that a cell does — processing biomolecules, growing, replicating its genetic material and producing a new body — are considered ...

One of the main changes is a loss of the innate immune system's naive T cells, the first line of defense against pathogens, and an increase in the adaptive immune system's memory T cells. This ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A one-time infusion of BMS-986353, a CD19 CAR T-cell therapy, improved lung function and skin thickness.