After cells die, they leave a residue that sends messages to other cells in ways that are valuable to the immune system. But this process can also be hijacked by viruses such as influenza, according ...

Cholangiopathies comprise a heterogeneous group of chronic liver diseases characterised by progressive bile duct injury, ...

Photoreceptors are specialized cells in the eye that convert light energy into neural signals. Several diseases that cause irreversible vision loss, including age-related macular degeneration, ...

The cell churn that goes on inside our bodies is vast, with hundreds of billions of cells dying off and being replaced every day. Keeping that constant biological overhaul running smoothly is crucial ...

Scientists have identified a previously unrecognized process that kills brain cells in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), offering a long-sought explanation for how toxic proteins ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan have revealed that cells use a previously unknown feat of molecular craftsmanship to help protect their larger host organisms. The building blocks required ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan studied what happens when macrophages—a type of immune cell—encounter dying cancer cells in tumors and discovered a mechanism that accelerates tumor growth.

As the brain ages, it loses cells. Researchers have predominantly focused on the effects of cell death in brain areas responsible for cognition, but the cerebellum, most well-known for coordinating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dead cells after self-destructing, with the small green circles showing the F-ApoEVs left behind. (NIAID/CDC/Public Domain) The ...