Animal cells are specialised for the function they perform. Find out more with Bitesize. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.

Specialized cells in the intestinal lining of Burmese pythons allows them to completely absorb the skeletons of their prey.

The cells helps the snakes absorb the bones of their prey — and might show up in other animals that chomp their meals whole.

In a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, optometrist Holly Chinnery and her colleagues at the University of Melbourne challenged this consensus by reporting the ...

Specialized gut immune cells pinpointed that can limit progression of inflammatory bowel disease Date: September 15, 2023 Source: The Francis Crick Institute Summary: Researchers have ...

Specialized T cells in the brain slow progression of Alzheimer's disease Date: September 7, 2023 Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Summary: Scientists found that a subset of CD8+ T ...

While most animal cells are specialised and have fixed roles, such as skin cells, nerve cells or blood cells, pluripotent stem cells are capable of both self-renewal and differentiation into ...

“The more we know about these cells the greater the likelihood of unlocking new ways to treat infectious diseases and cancer.” Reference: Perriman L, Tavakolinia N, Jalali S, et al. A three-stage ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust have characterised a specialised type of immune cell, which plays a key role ...

At the top of the hierarchy are specialized stem cells that produce nitric oxide (NO), which they use to manipulate the immune response to ensure safe reproduction.