All modern multicellular life — all life that any of us regularly see — is made of cells with a knack for compartmentalization. Recent discoveries are revealing how the first eukaryote got its start.

Cell division is an essential process for all life on earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early ...

One of the most fundamental processes in all of biology is the spontaneous organization of cells into clusters that divide and eventually turn into shapes – be they organs, wings, or limbs. Scientists ...

A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness.