During plants’ cell division, mother cells give daughter cells a signal to show them which way is up.

They hope to develop the “exercise hormone” into therapeutics that harness the benefits of exercise for people unable to do so.

The microscopic marine animal Trichoplax adhaerens may use rapid changes in cell shape to avoid being ripped apart by forces in the ocean.

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

The recent discovery of 17 people who have inherited maternal and paternal lines of mitochondrial DNA has major ramifications for medical and ancestry research.

A deep learning program can identify cells with higher metastatic potential based on the way they look and move.

Progenitor cells in the pancreas of humans get developmental cues from proteins in their environment.

Hear this month’s Scientist to Watch, Prachee Avasthi, describe the preprint journal review club she started at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Watch as Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan, who wrote the December Reading Frames essay, discusses Brexit and the importance of sharing scientific insights with the public.