Within multicellular organisms, tissues are organized communities of cells that work together to carry out a specific function. The exact role of a tissue in an organism depends on what types of ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities ...

Examples of tissues in animals include muscle tissue and nerve tissue. Muscle tissue: made of muscle cells that can contract and relax to move parts of the body. Nerve tissue: made of nerves ...

The researchers say the gene is likely to be involved in the growth and spread of other cancer types - particularly neuroblastoma, a type of cancer that stems from nerve tissue and mostly affects ...

In order to reach their target, for instance a tumor, immune cells have to leave the bloodstream or lymphatic vessels and migrate through connective tissue. Until now, scientists presumed that ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities ...

Adult tissue-resident stem cells fuel renewal, repair, and remodeling of tissues to maintain their structure and function. Research in the Wickström lab aims to uncover how single stem cell behaviors ...

the researchers created two different models of muscle tissue: one that included nerve cells, and one that did not. This ...

you get a fill effect in the cells of the tissues. And that’s very similar to how fascia reacts and responds." When you have stress in connective tissue, it can inhibit how nerve signals ...

Specialised cell type Animal or plant cell ... filaments that can slide past each other to shorten the cell Neuron (nerve cell) Animal Transmits electrical impulses from one part of body to ...

Liver cells. Brain cells. Skin, bone, and nerve. The dream is to launch a medical revolution in which ailing organs and tissues might be ... On August 9, 2001, Bush announced that federal funds ...