What does the inside of a cell really look like? In the past, standard microscopes were limited in how well they could answer this question. Now, researchers from the Universities of Göttingen and ...

Nerve cells can be grown from stem cells in Petri dishes, enabling scientists to research diseases. Previously, it was only possible to create a few dozen different types of nerve cell. Using a new ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

The microscope is one of the most iconic symbols of science, at least the equal of the white coat or bubbling neon liquids in its ability to endow scientific credibility in the eyes of TV viewers of ...

Research results have emerged showing that cancer cells spread far within the body using energy stolen from mitochondria in surrounding nerve cells. Mitochondria are the organelles that provide energy ...