A man has become the seventh person to be left HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer. Significantly, he is also the second of the seven who received stem cells that ...

Texas A&M researchers found a way to make stem cells produce double the normal number of mitochondria using nanoflower particles. These energized stem cells then transfer their surplus “power packs” ...

Life’s fundamental structure is the cell, and so the main things that a cell does — processing biomolecules, growing, replicating its genetic material and producing a new body — are considered ...

Between fluid shear, tensile forces, and stiffness of the surrounding extracellular matrix, a cell’s microenvironment is replete with mechanical signals that influence a wide range of cellular ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Phenotypical screening assays involving adherent cell culture are essential for ...

Cancer cells are among the most numerous cell types that comprise the tumor microenvironment, but with respect to immune therapy, they are often underutilized. Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) ...

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch brings Sam Fisher out of retirement for one final mission, but maybe it shouldn't have bothered. While it occasionally sparks into life in the final act (with Liev Schreiber ...

MIT and Harvard scientists have designed an advanced type of immune cell called a CAR-NK cell that can destroy cancer while avoiding attack from the body’s own immune defenses. This innovation could ...

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Takeda is tapping out of the cell therapy arena as part of a "strategic portfolio reprioritization," with 137 roles at the drugmaker's Massachusetts R&D site affected. The company is seeking a partner ...