In a previous post, I described the 1873 discovery by Camillo Golgi of a method to visualize neurons and his decades-long debate with co-Nobelist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, which led to our current ...

Cells go through a life cycle that includes growing to the right size, being equipped to perform its functions, and finally dividing into two new cells. The cell cycle is critical because it ensures ...

Some people have such a hectic existence they give the impression that, in order to fit it all in, they must be paying someone else to do their sleeping for them. One such is Siddhartha Mukherjee. His ...

Game theory applied to cell encounters inside a tumor provides a sociological perspective on the possible behaviors of cells in a collectivity, and offers a more comprehensive understanding of the ...