Cell division allows for growth and replacement of dead cells. Most multicellular organisms are made of different cell types that are specialised to carry out specific functions. Control and ...

Can be used to recap on the nervous system or could lead into a classroom discussion on multicellular organisms.

Rice University bioengineers have developed a new construction kit for building custom sense-and-respond circuits in human cells. The research, published in the journal Science, represents a major ...

Multicellular organisms must evolve mechanisms to suppress cancer formation prior to reproduction, and we propose that the organizational structure of normal epithelium is one such strategy.

Many species of multicellular organisms differ greatly from each other with respect to the types of developmental mechanisms and traits they have evolved. For instance, by definition every ...

Importantly, these multicellular organisms have a finite life span, naturally degrading after four to six weeks. This “kill switch” prevents the growth of potentially invasive cells.

A fundamental question in biology is how individual cells within a multicellular organism interact to coordinate diverse processes? We are interested in this question from molecular and evolutionary ...

Here are seven amazing animals that do not require oxygen to survive.

All multicellular creatures interact with bacteria, but some have taken the relationship to another level with highly specialized structures that house, feed, and exploit the tiny organisms. For the ...

Multicellular life forms that emerge from the cells of a dead organism suggest that a "third state" lies beyond life and death. The discovery has raised fresh questions about what it means to die ...

The fossil offers new insight into the transition of single celled organisms to complex, multicellular animals. Modern single-celled holozoa include the most basal living animals and the fossil ...