Scientists have discovered that cells can sense far beyond the surfaces they touch. While individual cancer cells can probe ...

Human cells can possibly sense far beyond surfaces they touch, with cancer cells being able to probe about 10 microns ahead, and normal epithelial cells -- those on the skin surface and lining ...

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities -- are mute, ...

A team of researchers has identified a new three-dimensional shape, named the scutoid. The details of this discovery are ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Animal organs are enclosed by a specialized epithelial layer. Epithelial cells typically exhibit apicobasal polarity: their apical surfaces contact other cells or the environment, ...