The immune system must be able to quickly attack invaders like viruses, while also ignoring harmless stimuli, or allergies ...

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Here, we’ll discuss the different types of cell culture contamination, how to identify and treat contamination as soon as possible and how to prevent it entirely, ensuring you can keep your cells ...

A study led by the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), in collaboration with the Instituto ...

Q: My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, ...

and again — and then these stem cells start to specialize into different types, with different destinies in our bodies. In the first week, our cells reach their first turning point: They must become ...

Carcinoma is a type of cancer that starts in cells that make up the skin or the tissue lining organs, such as the liver or kidneys. Like other types of cancer, carcinomas are abnormal cells that ...

New research zeroes in on a unique group of immune cells that could transform how we treat—and possibly prevent—severe food allergies like peanut and shellfish.