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Researchers find that stem cells in the human intestine may provide up to 10 percent of circulating blood cells.

Blind rats are made to see after sheets of cells implanted into their eyes make themselves at home.

A zebrafish model of the birth defect craniosynostosis provides insights into how the condition develops.

A photograph of microbes producing the antibiotic actinorhodin is one of many images on display at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History this winter.

A study explores how nuclear pore complexes are disrupted in Alzheimer’s disease.

Molecules similar to those produced by sea anemones are neuroprotective in a mouse cell model of Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers discover cells in the early life stage of the Schistosoma mansoni parasite that contribute to adults’ reproductive systems.

Researchers discover that a layer of human breast tissue is not one but two distinct cell types.  

Researchers found a previously undiscovered hepadnavirus in an immunocompromised cat.

3-D balls of cells can be used to screen for potential cancer drugs.

A painting of the woman who was the source of HeLa cells will be on view at the National Portrait Gallery beginning May 15.