Cells with electrophysiological activity obtained at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) are opening up new ...

Specialized cells then rapidly ingest and degrade these fragments, making evidence of apoptosis difficult to detect. Tissue function depends on more than cell type and proper rates of death and ...

Unlike many organs, which achieve multifunctionality through specialized cell types, the STB is a single giant cell with billions of individual nuclei. In the above image of a cross-section of term ...

Specialised cell type Animal or plant cell? Function Features of cell that allow it to perform its function Beta cell (in pancreas) Animal Releases hormone insulin Uses its genetic instructions to ...

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...