A group of 15 scientists from five countries has discovered evidence of cell differentiation in fossil embryos that are more than 550 million years old. They also report what appear to be cells about ...

Researchers from the A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology have identified components of the molecular mechanism that stops neural stem cells from dividing and then promotes their ...

Cellular differentiation and a division of labor are essential to living systems, as distinct cell types performing specialized functions arise in defined proportions and spatial arrangements. In ...

Upon recognition of their specific antigen, lymphocytes are capable of massive clonal expansion. For example, early advances in the detection of effector cytokine production at the single-cell level ...

Programmable recombinases let one cell produce multiple fates in preset ratios, enabling controlled division of labor, tunable traits, and engineered multicellular systems. (Nanowerk News) Cellular ...