Most humans have long-lived infections in various tissues-including in the nervous system-that typically do not result in ...

How have you used spatial biology in your work? During the pandemic, we looked at COVID autopsy samples. The infection had changed the structure of some tissues, with cells detected in places that ...

University of Tokyo researchers have developed a method for rendering organs and tissues transparent while preserving their three-dimensional structures. Their reagent, IlLUmination of Cleared ...

Mitochondria play a crucial role in maintaining energy balance and cellular health. Recent studies have shown that chronic stress in neuronal mitochondria can have far-reaching effects, not only ...

Mar. 24, 2025 — For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new ...

Cancer is a condition arising when cells undergo an identity crisis. Understanding of how cells control their identity, and how they assemble into tissues with normal organization and function during ...

Our immune systems develop to recognize what is foreign within our bodies. As immune cells are generated in the bone marrow ...

An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can ...

But what about the world our eyes cannot see? Scientists have spent hundreds of years striving to understand biology by zooming in on the microscopic world. In the process, they have revealed the ...

Tissues. Organs. Organ systems ... This collection of videos introduces key concepts in biology, focussing on the seven important lessons from the natural world with beautiful wildlife footage.

Biology is the study of living organisms and encompasses a number of different disciplines, from biochemistry to microbiology to ecology. Often biologists study life at many different levels (think ...