A newly identified cell type in planarian flatworms can detonate itself and destroy neighboring cells in less than two ...
Stanford researchers have identified a previously unknown type of immune cell in planarian flatworms that literally explodes ...
One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal’s body carries an identical genome yet still gives rise to a kaleidoscope of different cell types and tissues. A ...
Animals, from worms and sponges to jellyfish and whales, contain anywhere from a few thousand to tens of trillions of nearly genetically identical cells. Depending on the organism, these cells arrange ...
Blood cells carry a deep evolutionary history. A new analysis suggests their earliest ancestors were macrophage-like cells ...