At the heart of our cells, a previously unknown structure has just been identified, shedding new light on essential ...

Unlike other cellular sub-structures (for example, the nucleus, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum), the synapse does ...

A previously unknown structure discovered in our cells could pave the way toward new treatments for various genetic disorders ...

For example, Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, contains a linear chromosome of 910,725 base pairs. 15 Unlike circular chromosomes, Borrelia’s linear DNA cannot supercoil ...

In a twist, researchers at the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health uncovered a new organelle, dubbed ...

University of Virginia scientists discover new cell organelle called "hemifusome" that helps manage cellular recycling.

“The structure of the brain at the cellular level appears to be near a phase transition,” said Northwestern’s Helen Ansell, the paper’s first author. “An everyday example of this is when ice melts ...

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This makes cryo X-ray tomography ideal for studying changes in cell structures caused, for example, by external triggers. Until now, however, the evaluation of 3D tomograms has required largely ...

A once-independent bacterium has evolved into an organelle that provides nitrogen to algal cells – an event so rare that there are only three other known cases ...

A group of scientists from Iowa State University doing research under a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant reports that they have discovered a new and different spindle structure during cell ...