View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. One project was studying the applications of the Coulter counter, a device used to count cells and estimate their size based on changes in ...

The 2012 Nobel prize to Shinya Yamanaka demonstrated that it is possible to obtain stem cells from "differentiated" cells just by expressing four factors, including a Sox (Sox2) and a POU (Oct4) gene.

ENGRAM might eventually help answer how, for example, a history of cell signaling events shaped the individual characteristics of a mouse embryo. "As we were inspired by new advances in the CRISPR ...

MEMOIR enables the histories of cells to be recorded in their genomes and then read out using microscopy. Here, MEMOIR cells were variably activated, as seen by the bright cyan nuclear ...

Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

Aa Aa Aa The evolutionary history of viruses represents a fascinating, albeit murky, topic for virologists and cell biologists. Because of the great diversity among viruses, biologists have ...

Take a look around your home and you'll find yourself surrounded by familiar comforts—photos of family and friends on the ...

Within multicellular organisms, tissues are organized communities of cells that work together to carry out a specific function. The exact role of a tissue in an organism depends on what types of ...