Similar to humans, plants have an immune system to help defend against parasites and other deleterious infections. The human body is interconnected with cell-to-cell communication to orchestrate an ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin ...

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ARF will trigger or halt the activity of genes that are related to growth. "At some point in evolution, plant cells must have developed a way to recognize and respond to plant hormones," noted first ...

The plant cell wall is a dynamic network of several biopolymers and structural proteins ... Unlike optical microscopy, SAM does not require any staining or fixation, so it can be used for imaging live ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape -- to become either spheres or larger filaments -- to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental ...

This is called photosynthesis. The basic structure of a plant cell is shown below. Photosynthesis relies on many structures in the cell all working together, each playing its role. The diagram ...

The biggest and most important thing the live-action Cells at Work! did was turn the human bodies into characters. Originally, the person who acts as the anthropomorphized cells' host was never ...