Dendritic cells are a key part of our immune system. They present antigens to other cells in the immune system, signaling the presence of a pathogen and conveying the ability to recognize it. T cells ...

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What am I looking at? These images show a single cell in the middle dividing into two so-called daughter cells. The stage of the cell division process represented here is called anaphase. In these ...

There is an undeniable connection between a pregnant individual and their fetus, an unseen bond that is difficult for anyone who has not experienced it to understand. And here we can see that there is ...

What am I looking at? This is a video of two so-called HeLa cells that are labeled with a marker for an actin cross-linking protein. The thin tendrils extending from the cell and waving around are ...

Neurons are the main cells of the nervous system. They perform a wide array of complex functions in the body. To achieve this, neurons need to be able to make connections with other neurons. During ...

Unlike prokaryotic cells, all eukaryotic cells have nuclei. Nuclei house most of a cell’s genetic information – much of it in the form of DNA – making a nucleus a sort of blueprint for building future ...

This abstract array of blue, green, and orange swirls depicts an important bodily system, the lymphatic system, which produces immune cells and transports them throughout the bodies of all vertebrates ...

What am I looking at? This is a single human hepatocyte. Its two nuclei are in blue (1). The other colors in this image are stains of the actin protein and are depth-coded, with red being the closest ...

What am I looking at? This video shows the wide range of microorganisms that live in the gut of a termite – an insect famous for feeding almost exclusively on wood. Biology in the background Termites ...

Imagine going to the dentist with this set of teeth! These are teeth located on a snail’s “tongue,” or radula, also called a rasper, which is constantly licking the ground to scrape up and transport ...