The amount of any given protein in a cell has to be controlled to keep its levels within a range required for healthy ...

They derive their energy from differences in the concentration of hydrogen ions across some of these membranes ...

An ambitious and revolutionary initiative aims to map every cell of all eukaryotic life on Earth. The result will be a ...

Dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) are a type of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) found in the dental pulp, the innermost part of the ...

In their quest for safe, mass-producible artificial blood, geneticists have long struggled. Our limited knowledge of genetic ...

Lab-made organoids that mimic reproductive tissues could point to treatments for common conditions such as pre-eclampsia and ...

Hype around anti-aging products has gotten so bad that some legitimate scientists no longer want to be called longevity ...

From CASP to the Virtual Cell Challenge, researchers are leveraging science competitions and high-risk, high-reward grants to ...

Autophagy, a fundamental cellular process, involves the degradation and recycling of a cell's own components. This intricate ...

Researchers have found a clear connection between the chronic pain experienced by some sickle cell disease patients and an imbalance in digestive tract bacteria. This discovery could eventually lead ...

Life cycles require the creation of an autonomous individual, that individual’s growth and that individual’s reproduction In ...

For immune cells, the actin cytoskeleton is more than a structural scaffold. Immune cells can migrate to sites of infection ...