Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells. This barrier tissue performs its function thanks to ...

Scientists discover "electric spiking" communication in previously thought to be mute cells, paving the way for bioelectric ...

Textbooks usually depict the epithelial cells encasing the interior and exterior of your body as passive barriers. But ...

Your skin might not be as quiet as you think. In fact, according to two American researchers, it may be "screaming" when ...

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells — which ...

Encelto is small, semi-permeable capsule implanted in the eye that contains allogeneic retinal pigment epithelium cells ...

Until now, skin cells have been viewed as barriers that can respond to electric stimuli. Turns out, they also generate ...

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) find it harder to get pregnant, have more frequent miscarriages and have a higher ...

Researchers successfully pulled off the first eye stem cell transplants to help heal cornea damage, and the results speak for ...

Eye injuries that damage the cornea are usually irreversible and cause blindness. But a new clinical trial has repaired this ...

Epithelial cells "talk" to each other with slow electrical signals, and "scream" to their neighbors when injured, new ...