Tight junctions (blue dots) between cells are connected areas of the plasma membrane that stitch cells together. Adherens junctions (red dots) join the actin filaments of neighboring cells together.

The skin is the largest organ in the human body, and its outermost part, called the epidermis, is replenished every three weeks. The cells fueling this renewal of the epidermal stem cells, found in ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have found that cells from triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) form direct connections with nearby fat cells to access energy needed ...