Aquaglyceroporin Aqp10, a protein channel for water and glycerol, selectively permeates urea and boric acid due to its unique ...

The cell nucleus goes a long way during an immune response, both literally and figuratively. New research published in Science Immunology shows that in some white blood cells, this genetic storage ...

A new study in fruit flies describes how an animal's gut reacts differently to beneficial microbes versus harmful pathogens.

A new tool greatly improves scientists' ability to identify and study proteins that regulate gene activity in cells, ...

Cancer cells are subjected to high mechanical pressure that leads to a rupture of the nuclear envelope when migrating through narrow tissue structures, as in the case of metastasis. DNA would normally ...

A healthy brain maintains a harmony of neurons that excite or inhibit other neurons, but the lines between different types of ...

The primary question driving research at the MPI-CBG since its inception has been how cells form tissues. Discover more here ...