Mitochondria are cell organelles surrounded by a double membrane. In addition to numerous essential functions in the ...

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

That extra step, however, might hold a key for better understanding certain genetic conditions, many of which stem from ...

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

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

In biology textbooks and beyond, the human genome and DNA therein typically are taught in only one dimension. While it can be ...

A research group conducted quantitative individual analysis on the contribution to the strength of the micrometer-scale ...

Chinese scientists have, for the first time, cultivated a beating heart structure with human cells in a pig embryo, reporting ...

Scientists at MIT discover how lanthanides, a class of rare earth metals, help crops resist UV stress by enhancing ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

Molecular vibrations, when paired with near-infrared (NIR) light, have opened a new chapter in cancer treatment. Instead of ...

A Ph.D. graduate student in biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, with a background in computer science and mathematics, ...