The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

In a study published in Science, USC researchers paired a biological discovery with an engineering feat to create more ...

Scientists at the University of Minnesota say they've made the first synthetic cell that can complete a life cycle, a major ...

This cell-like structure can grow, feed, divide and compete. Researchers ponder what it means for the future of synthetic ...

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

A recent study published in Cell Death & Disease suggests that specific cellular abnormalities in the brain associated with ...

An international research team led jointly by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), the University of Göttingen and the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, has shown that nerve ...

Summary: Researchers have identified two specific proteins, gliomedin and CNTNAP4, that act as a “handshake” mechanism allowing inhibitory chandelier cells to connect precisely with excitatory ...

Within 58.065 CA1 pyramidal cells, they visualized more than 330,000 RNA molecules-the genetic messages that show when and where genes are turned on. By tracing these activity patterns, the ...

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Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date, by mapping cells in a cubic millimetre of a mouse’s brain tissue. In a landmark achievement, the ...

Summary: Layer 5 pyramidal neurons, crucial for brain information processing, vary significantly in their synaptic protein composition based on neuron type. Research shows that intratelencephalic (IT) ...