Animal and plant cells have different energy-producing structures inside them. For animals, that’s mitochondria, which convert chemical energy from food into a form that our cells can use. Plants and ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

For billions of years, single-celled creatures had the planet to themselves, floating through the oceans in solitary bliss. Some microorganisms attempted multicellular arrangements, forming small ...

In the latest research, led by experts at UT Southwestern, biologist Jun Wu identified a mouse cell protein named MAVS, which ...

In a finding that directly contradicts the standard biological model of animal cell communication, scientists have discovered that typical cells in animals have the ability to transmit and receive ...

Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells, enabling the cells to photosynthesize light, according to new research in Japan. It was previously thought that combining ...

Animal primary cells are isolated directly from healthy or diseased tissue via an enzymatic, chemical, or mechanical process. These cells can be taken from the animal’s kidney, liver, skin, or another ...

The U.S. government is allowing the sale of chicken made from animal cells. California companies Upside Foods and Good Meat were granted permission on Wednesday to sell their products by the ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is worried about a lot of things in our water — polychlorinated biphenyls, dibromochloropropane, Cryptosporidium parvum — to name just a few of the dozens of ...

The use of animals in research came about as scientists tried to understand the disease process and find ways of treating or curing diseases. While this gave rise to the medications we have today, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The U.S. government is allowing the sale of ...