A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...

Cells that are about to die send a signal to an executioner protein, but sometimes, those cells can fight back and regenerate ...

From the deep sea to the shallow seafloor, researchers are uncovering unusual sugars that do something extraordinary to ...

In Alzheimer's, brain cells die too soon. In cancer, dangerous cells don't die soon enough. That's because both diseases alter the way cells decide when to end their lives, a process called programmed ...

Randal Halfmann at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City is hoping to treat diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's by influencing how cells make life-or-death decisions. In ...