The approach collects multiple types of imaging and sequencing data from the same cells, leading to new insights into mouse liver biology.

Watery fluid between cells plays a major role, offering new insights into how organs and tissues adapt to aging, diabetes, cancer, and more.

Pathways involved in DNA repair and other cellular functions could contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s.

Trained with a joint understanding of protein and cell behavior, the model could help with diagnosing disease and developing new drugs.

MIT chemists found a way to identify a complex sugar molecule in the cell walls of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest pathogen.

Upon infection, the C. elegans worm reshuffles the roles of brain cells and flips the functions of some of the chemicals it uses to regulate behavior.

The MESA method uses ecological theory to map cellular diversity and spatial patterns in tissues, offering new insights into disease progression.

Since an MIT team introduced expansion microscopy in 2015, the technique has powered the science behind kidney disease, plant seeds, the microbiome, Alzheimer’s, viruses, and more.

New research on a cytokine called IL-17 adds to growing evidence that immune molecules can influence behavior during illness.

The findings provide new drug targets for stopping the infection’s spread.