Cell Energy and Cell Functions Cells manage a wide range of functions in their tiny package — growing, moving, housekeeping, and so on — and most of those functions require energy.

Tissue function depends on more than cell type and proper rates of death and division: It is also a function of cellular arrangement. Both cell junctions and cytoskeletal networks help stabilize ...

It may sound like the start of a Frankenstein story, but scientists from New York University (NYU) and the University of Chicago have developed artificial cells made of non-biological matter that ...

Mitochondria are often called the powerhouses of the cell. We explain how they got this title, and outline other important roles that they carry out.

Intestinal cells can change specializations during their lives. The BMP signaling pathway -- an important communication mechanism between cells -- appears to be the driver of these changes ...

The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that hepatic stellate cells control liver metabolism as well as liver regeneration and size.