Understanding cell structure and function As imaging methods and workflows improve, researchers will be able to tackle some key questions in cell biology with different strategies.

Cells that control hunger have a strong influence on the brain’s higher cortical regions. The findings could lead to new treatments for psychiatric illness.

Researchers have developed artificial cell-like structures using inorganic matter that autonomously ingest, process, and push out material - recreating an essential function of living cells.

While scientists had previously studied brain cells’ structure and function separately, “understanding how neuronal function emerges at the circuit level has been challenging, since we need to ...