Scientists are learning how to revive faltering human cells by loading them with fresh power plants, effectively repairing ...

Mitochondria can lose power like batteries, but they can potentially be regenerated—a promising development than can be used ...

Researchers are learning how to refill the energy reserves of aging human cells, turning a long-standing metaphor about ...

Inside human cells, biology has pulled off the ultimate packing job, figuring out how to fit six feet of DNA into a nucleus ...

After a finite number of divisions, cells simply give up. As each round of replication trims their telomeres—the protective ...

Researchers found that rabies virus uses a shape-shifting protein to hijack RNA and control vital cell functions. Viruses are astonishingly efficient, able to take over our cells and control essential ...

Diesel exhaust particles can disturb the function of human brain immune cells, known as microglia, according to a recent ...

whether human stem cells (i.e. special types of cells that can renew themselves and develop into many different cell types in the body) are beneficial in reducing death in people with decompensated ...

Tiny structures inside your cells keep your body alive by turning food into fuel. These structures, called mitochondria, ...