Australian researchers found that peptides isolated from the Brazilian tarantula and Japanese horseshoe crab can “kill ...

Membrane contact sites (MCSs) are specialized regions where the membranes of different organelles come into close proximity, but without actual contacts, ...

A breakthrough in understanding how a single-cell parasite makes ergosterol (its version of cholesterol) could lead to more effective drugs for human leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that afflicts ...

A breakthrough in understanding how a single-cell parasite makes ergosterol (its version of cholesterol) could lead to more ...

A new study may overturn the century-old understanding of how neurons are shaped—but not everyone is on board.

What does it take to design a new needle for medical use? When the needle needs to be much thinner and sharper than any ...

A new role has been uncovered for a cell's own RNA in fending off attacks by RNA viruses. Some of the cell's RNA molecules, researchers found, help regulate antiviral signaling. These signals are part ...

These signals are part of the intricate coordination of immune responses ... The MAVS protein resides on the outer membrane of a cell's energy-producing power stations, the mitochondria. After a ...

Scientists have uncovered a new role for a cell's own RNA in fending off attacks by RNA viruses. Some of the cell's RNA ...

Scientists have uncovered a new role for a cell's own RNA in fending off attacks by RNA viruses. Some of the cell's RNA ...

Fred Hutch graduate student Adam Nguyen has won a F31 training award from the NIH to study a complex molecule called Tie2 ...

Drs Kathy Miller and Francisco J. Esteva discuss testing and therapeutic options for the new classification of HER2-ultra-low breast cancer.