For patients with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a common genetic disorder that ravages the waste-removing organ with cysts ...

Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells produce minute (40-1000 nm) membrane vesicles that are released into the local environment. These extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes and microvesicles, ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is accelerating spatial biology research with announcement of $160,000 worth of ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Extracellular vesicles (EVs) from cancer cells play a crucial role in tumor spread by facilitating intercellular communication. Recent imaging studies reveal ...

Structure and function In the human body, cells dwell within three-dimensional networks of proteins and other macromolecules collectively known as the extracellular matrix (ECM). “This is the ...

Extracellular vesicles are small fluid-filled sacs containing bioactive substances that are secreted by cells and circulate ...

Scientists at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have found a new way to help the heart heal after a heart attack—by ...

A scientific technique that rapidly increases the body's production of anti-inflammatory cells promoted healing from heart attacks in mice, according ...