The study, published in British scientific journal Nature, suggests that the disease may begin in basal stem cells — ...

IDH-mutant glioma, caused by abnormalities in a specific gene (IDH), is the most common malignant brain tumor among young ...

The idea that stem cells - special cells that divide to repair and generate tissues - might be the major determinant of cancer risk has provoked great debate in the scientific community. Some ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses.

New findings lay to rest a debate over the origin and cell lineage of macrophages found in mouse brains -- they come from progenitor cells in the embryonic yolk sac and are self-renewing, and are not ...

Scientists say they have developed a computer model -- dubbed quantitative fate mapping -- that looks back in the developmental timeline to trace the origin of cells in a fully grown organism.