Microglia respond to proteinopathies by changing their shapes and expression profiles in different ways. Here’s one that has been somewhat overlooked: rod-shaped microglia. These long, straight cells ...

Although E. coli mother cells may look identical to their daughter cells, every mother cell retains an "old pole"—the older end of the rod-shaped cell—and passes on a "new pole" to its ...

A high-resolution image of rod-shaped Myxococcus xanthus bacterial cells, with colors indicating the direction of cell alignment. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

Stanford University researchers have discovered virus-like ‘lifeforms’ that exist inside human mouths and guts. Smaller than ...

White blood cells called neutrophils, tagged with fluorescent red dye, eat spheres or rods that have been tagged with green dye. Because neutrophils are more willing to eat rods than are other immune ...

A long-ignored white blood cell may be central to the immune system overreaction that is the most common cause of death for COVID-19 patients – and University of Michigan researchers found that ...