Understanding how cells transform into specialized types during human development is a central challenge in biology. This complex process, known as cell differentiation, holds the key to understanding ...

Nearly every disease has an inflammatory component, but blood tests can't pinpoint inflammation in specific organs or tissues in the human body. Now researchers have developed a method to detect ...

Neutrophil granulocytes, a type of immune cell, are indispensable for the defense against pathogens. However, if they migrate into injured tissue, for example into the brain after a stroke, they can ...

The phase and the group velocity of light propagating in conventional optical media cannot exceed the speed of light in ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have invented a new method that uses DNA sequencing to measure metabolites. This ...