The immune system is the body’s tool for preventing or limiting infection. Its complex network of cells, organs, proteins, and tissues enables the immune system to defend the body from pathogens.

For peritoneal dissemination, HGSOC cells need to bypass anoikis to embed effectively and penetrate the mesothelial lining. However, alternative mechanisms for peritoneal spread must also be ...

Now new research has uncovered a crucial factor, leader cells, that is a key to both. Head of Hudson Institute's Metastasis Biology and Therapeutics Research Group, Dr. Maree Bilandzic ...

Your body is made of cells -- trillions of them. Cells are the basic building blocks of people and all other living things. Researchers study them to learn more about health and diseases.

These changes could trigger an immune response promoting metabolic diseases. A surprising discovery concerns mesothelial cells, which are more numerous and flexible in healthy obese individuals. These ...

Free radicals are unstable molecules that can damage the DNA inside cells if they build up. They may play a role in a range of diseases and the visible signs of aging. Antioxidants are another ...

Background: Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma(MPM) is a highly aggressive malignant tumor that originates from peritoneal mesothelial cells. Due to the rarity of MPM, there are few survival prediction ...

You, me, and all of the 108 billion or so Homo sapiens who’ve ever walked the Earth have all been our own constellation of some 30 trillion cells. Each of our bodies is a collective organism of ...