Brain cells can burn fat to fuel activity
While glucose, or sugar, is a well-known fuel for the brain, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have demonstrated that electrical activity ...
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Researchers use electric fields to identify aged cells
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new way of telling "aged" human cells apart from younger ones using ...
Rapid generation of functional blood vessels from human stem cells
Blood vessels are essential to nearly all tissues, delivering nutrients and oxygen, regulating hemostasis, and modulating inflammation. Recreating functional vascular ...
Are Senescent Cells A Key To Healthy Aging? What We Know So Far
When it comes to aging, we're all in it together. Senescent cells may hold a key to preventing age-related illness, ...
‘Zombie’ skin cells may be harmful or helpful, depending on their shapes
Skin-related fibroblasts with nuclei stained green and f-actin stained red. Credit: Jude Phillip, Johns Hopkins University Senescent skin cells, often ...
Differentiating cancerous and healthy cells through motion analysis
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have found that the motion of unlabeled cells can be used to tell whether they ...
Ammonia buildup kills liver cells but can be prevented using existing drug
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain High levels of ammonia kill liver cells by damaging the mitochondria that power the cells. But ...
How cancer hijacks the immune system by draining T cells’ energy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Research into immunotherapy against cancer typically focuses on better recognition of cancer cells by the body's ...
Mouse model uncovers how lung cells manage severe asthma inflammation
Credit: Cell Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115294 A better understanding of inflammation and lung immunity over the past two decades has ...
Natural killer cells offer hope for hard-to-treat pediatric sarcomas
Ephrin type-A receptor-2 (EphA2) and natural killer (NK) cell infiltration correspond with sarcoma survival. Credit: Clinical and Translational Medicine (2025). ...
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