In a new study published in Nature Communications titled, “The reference genome of the human diploid cell line RPE-1,” researchers from University of Rome La Sapienza have produced the first reference ...

While in vivo animal models are commonly employed for pharmacokinetic studies, they are often expensive, low in throughpu,t and typically fail to accurately replicate key characteristics of the human ...

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities -- are mute, ...

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Team from UMass Amherst uncovers communication by “electric spiking” in cells once thought to be mute, which could enable bioelectric applications “Epithelial cells do things that no one has ever ...