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Biology textbooks may need a revision, say scientists, who present new evidence that an arm-like structure of mammalian brain cells may be a different shape than scientists have assumed for more than ...

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Channels in plant cell walls, called plasmodesmata, provide molecules with a bridge to move between cells, an essential ...

New theories suggest Alzheimer's may involve autoimmunity, with beta-amyloid linked to immune response misfires.

A new study challenges the long-held belief that axons, brain cell extensions, are tube-like, revealing instead a "pearl-on-a ...

In a new Nature Communications study, scientists have developed a novel method for artificial cells to interact with their ...

Delve into the expanding and diverse field of cancer vaccines with various approaches exploiting the immune system to fight ...

Biology textbooks may need a revision, say Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists, who present new evidence that an armlike structure of mammalian brain cells may be a different shape than scientists have ...

In some cases, however, brains outlast all other soft tissues and remain intact for hundreds or thousands of years.

“Understanding the structure of axons is important for understanding brain cell signaling,” says Shigeki Watanabe, Ph.D., ...

A groundbreaking study involving neuroscientists from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria and the Max Planck ...