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Researchers have unveiled a plausible mechanism underlying the radioresistance of glioblastoma cells that involves regulating an internal steady state of lipid within the cells.

Researchers have identified a specific immune response to the Epstein-Barr virus as the cause of why infectious mononucleosis develops in some people with initial infections and not in others.

A glucose-derived molecule found in immune cells could stop the growth of bacteria and dampen inflammatory responses by helping to reprogram the immune system.

Nail polish dryers that use UV light to cure gel manicures have been shown to damage DNA and cause cell death in cell lines, after just 20 minutes of exposure.

Exposure to high doses of micro-sized polyethylene has adverse effects on cells, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland finds.

The "admissions process" for B cells entering germinal centers to mature during virus infection changes over time. New research has identified why this is.

Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center have discovered that a certain population of progenitor cells replace blood cells lost after infections or blood loss.

Scientists from the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Leiden University Medical Center have discovered the way in which specialized immune cells can detect and remove cancers that are "invisible" to the conventional defense mechanisms employed by the immune system.

There is a stark lack of precise information about how individual bacterial species contribute to the gut–brain axis. That gap may soon be filled, however, with the introduction of a new toolset that will help researchers listen in to these conversations between our brain and bacteria.

Why do cells, and by extension humans, age? The answer may have a lot to do with mitochondria, the organelles that supply cells with energy. Though that idea is not new, direct evidence in human cells had been lacking. Until now.