Cells manage a wide range of functions in their tiny package — growing, moving, housekeeping, and so on — and most of those functions require energy. But how do cells get this energy in the first ...

A hallmark of type 2 diabetes is the progressive loss of beta cell mass: cells in the pancreas that produce and release ...

Scientists want to know what causes B cells — which direct T cells to attack cancer — to malfunction and how they can be ...

Diets and healthy eating habits hold promise for preventing and treating diseases, but far less is known about acute effects ...

T cells are crucial components of our immune system, serving as critical protectors against infection and disease. But there ...

Researchers combined electronic sensors with human islet cells to create living ‘cyborg’ organoids transmitting troves of ...

Diabetes mellitus affects more than 500 million people worldwide, and both Type 1 (T1D) and Type 2 (T2D) forms converge on a common endpoint: the loss or ...

For decades, depression has been explained to patients as a “chemical imbalance” in the brain, a vague phrase that never ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising secret hidden inside fat cells that could reshape how we think about obesity and metabolic disease. A protein called HSL, long believed to simply release stored ...