Growing from a single cell into a complex organism with specialized tissues and organs requires a complex and coordinated process. But the mechanical signals that guide tissue and organ ...

This isn’t science fiction. It’s emerging biology — and it might be the key to slowing, or even halting, the aging process ...

Between and around the billions of neurons in the human brain is an equally vital scaffold, the extracellular matrix (ECM). An interlinked net of proteins and sugars that surrounds brain cells, the ...

The expanding landscape of peptide science continues to refine how molecular fragments derived from endogenous proteins are conceptualized within experimental biology. Among the most frequently discus ...

Scientists are uncovering surprising complexity in connective tissues, from diverse fibroblast subtypes to collagen’s hidden ...