The History, Biochemistry, and Potential of Quorum Sensing
Bacteria have always been considered to act independently of a population. Until recently, cell-to-cell communication was never thought plausible in simple prokaryotes.

“Artificial Golgi” may provide new insight into key cell structure
Scientists in New York and North Carolina are reporting assembly of the first functioning prototype of an artificial Golgi organelle.

Concise Review: Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Blood
In this review, current studies/knowledge about peripheral blood-derived multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells is summarized, and the above-mentioned topics are discussed.

Researchers Further Unravel The Mystery Of Cell Death
Cells die. It's a normal part of development and of aging.

Proteins Strangle Cell During Division
A Swedish research group has discovered a new mechanism for cell division in a microorganism found in extremely hot and acidic conditions.

Minnesota Researchers Identify Protein That Causes Cell Nucleoli To Disassemble
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have identified the protein responsible for disassembly of donor nucleoli in the context of nuclear cloning.

Molecular Code Broken For Drug Industry's Pet Proteins
All cells are surrounded by protective, fatty membranes.

Cellular Symmetry: What Cues Tell A Cell To Divide At The Center
Cells are intrinsically artistic. When the right signals tell a cell to divide, it usually splits down the middle, resulting in two identical daughter cells.

Mitosis Gets Harder Thanks To New Gene Discovery
A biological process taught to every student studying biology has just become a little more complicated thanks to a new discovery.

Yale Scientists Give The Golgi Apparatus Its Own Identity, Paving The Way For More Targeted Cancer Research
Researchers at Yale have discovered that, contrary to previous beliefs, the Golgi apparatus is an organelle that exists independently of the larger endoplasmic reticulum and is a crucial component of cell division.

Rewind, Please: Nature Paper Shows That Cell Division Is Reversible
A scientist found a way to reverse the process of cell division.

To evade chemotherapy, some cancer cells mimic stem cells
Anti-cancer treatments often effectively shrink the size of tumors

CHECKING HOW CELLS GROW: New research dismisses a widely held assumption about cell growth
Research published today in Journal of Biology challenges an assumption about cell growth that underpins modern cellular biology.

Rare cell prevents rampant brain activity
One of the mysteries of the brain is how it avoids ending up in a state of chaos

St. Jude identifies the specific cell that causes eye cancer, disproving long-held theory
Researchers found that certain mutations enable specific cells in the retina to multiply and cause eye cancer

Researchers discover pathway to cell size, division
Organisms precisely regulate cell size to ensure that daughter cells have sufficient cellular material to thrive or to create specific cell types

Location, location — Cell sizes, lives influenced by host size
Cells from the smallest to the largest of mammals often seem to be "one size fits all."

The stem cells that weren't there
Many researchers had proposed that adult stem cells develop into insulin-producing cells, called beta cells, in the pancreas.

Penn study points to new direction for pancreas cell regeneration
Replacing faulty or missing cells with new insulin-making cells has been the object of diabetes research for the last decade.

The sturdier sex? — Study by Pittsburgh scientists finds female stem cells work better
Female stem cells derived from muscle have a greater ability to regenerate skeletal muscle tissue than male cells