Stem cells are unspecialized and self-renewing cells that can differentiate into any cell type. Their potential to differentiate toward a certain cell type is influenced by either internal or external ...

When a cell is able to take up free DNA or RNA, it is termed “competent”. Some cell types or microbial species, such as Bacillus subtilis, 11 are naturally competent and they can be induced to uptake ...

Single-cell technology has revolutionized the field of biological research by enabling the analysis of individual cells, providing unprecedented insights into cellular heterogeneity and function. More ...

What do an amoeba and an elephant have in common? If liver cells have the same DNA as brain cells, why are they different? What goes wrong during cancer? The answers to these questions depend on the ...

The Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) was founded in 1946 as the Tissue Culture Association to foster exchange of knowledge of in vitro biology of cells, tissues and organs from both plant and ...

With an easy-to-use instrument to encapsulate single cells in picolitre-volume water droplets (picodroplets) at high throughput rates of thousands of droplets per second, picodroplet microfluidics is ...

Immunotherapy harnesses the components of an individual's own immune system to identify and attack cancer cells. One form of immunotherapy is adoptive cell transfer (ACT), where the patient's immune ...

Understanding cell structure and mechanisms requires data analysis from various imaging systems and modalities that all use different file formats. Each experimental setup can generate a unique ...