As an embryo grows, there is a continuous stream of communication between cells to form tissues and organs. Cells need to read numerous cues from their environment, and these may be chemical or ...

Traditional electrotaxis assays place electrodes directly into the cell culture medium, which inevitably drives current through the sample. That current can alter pH, create chemical gradients, and ...

Scientists have long known that electric fields can guide cell movement by a process called electrotaxis. However, most studies rely on electrodes that touch the cell medium, creating currents that ...

Cell migration is a multistep process essential to various physiological functions, including immune cell movement and embryonic development, as well as pathological conditions like tumor metastasis.

The human body is a veritable cellular highway with up to 37 trillion cells traveling about and carrying out all essential life functions, from taking in nutrients and converting them to energy, to ...

Scientists in Tokyo have developed a groundbreaking, label-free method to identify aging human cells using electric fields. This new technique avoids the downsides of chemical tagging, which can ...

Yashashree Kulkarni, University of Houston Bill D. Cook Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, is challenging conventional theories of how cells detect electrical fields. The human body is ...