My search for answers to these stupendously ambitious questions led me, it now seems inexorably, to mitochondria. This idea ...

No one rule captures the full sweep of life’s ingenuity, yet SAI offers a fresh lens, suggesting that aging and fragility are ...

A January executive order by President Donald Trump designates people as female if they make the “large” reproductive cell (the egg) and male if they make the ...

In biology classes from high school through university, I learned that mitochondria are little objects that reside within ...

Proteins are among the most studied molecules in biology, yet new research shows they can still hold surprising secrets. Researchers have discovered previously undetected chemical bonds within ...

An unprecedented international effort to decode how cells manage the transport of chemical substances has culminated in four ...

Seed plants, such as soybeans, store large amounts of protein in specialized organelles called protein storage vacuoles.

Mice genetically engineered to lack the ability to make the amino acid cysteine, and fed a cysteine-free diet, lost 30 percent of their body weight in just one week, a new study shows.

Upon injury, axolotl cells switch on a signal that is broadcast across one side of the limb, instructing cells to regenerate ...

The groundbreaking discovery could open new doors for other researchers working with delicate materials such as cell ...

UC San Diego researchers are part of a nationwide effort to increase the precision of cancer therapy through the better and broader use of computer modeling and machine learning, often called ...