A new study from Karolinska Institutet has mapped how MAIT cells, which play an important role in the body's defense against microbes, exhibit different properties depending on the tissue they are in.

AMOLF researchers discovered that stem cells first specialize into a functional cell and then move to their proper location—rather than the other way around. Researchers at AMOLF, Amsterdam, and the ...

Detailed examinations of the heart have revealed the pivotal role of the left ventricle—it's the area of the heart that develops first and provides the force to pump blood around our bodies. Crucially ...