University of Toronto scientists have developed a chemical formulation, C16, that matures lab-grown heart cells to resemble adult tissue more closely. The method, guided by computational screening of ...

Stem cells are precursors of a variety of different cells: They can turn into anything from blood to bone to muscle. Human blood stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells, are the forerunners of ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Institute of Biomedical Engineering have developed a new method to mature ...

Some of the body's cells stay put for life, while others are free to roam. To move, these migratory cells rely on filopodia—sensitive, finger-like protrusions that reach out from the cell membrane ...

Researchers have captured the assembly of the NLRP3 inflammasome inside intact human cells for the first time. These ...