Just like your body has a skeleton, every cell in your body has a skeleton—a cytoskeleton to be precise. This provides cells ...

Made up of tiny threads known as cellulose microfibrils, plant cell walls are important for regulating a plant's growth and ...

Animal science graduate student Erikah Dozier discovers her skill and passion for research in UD's Department of Animal and ...

“Healthspan is the new wellness buzzword: it’s no longer about how long you live, but how well you live too. Those in their ...

Recycling takes place in our cells at all times: in a process called autophagy, cell components that are no longer needed are enclosed by membranes and broken down into their basic building blocks.

The centromere of chromosomes plays a crucial role in cell division. Using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, an ...

Cells degrade components that are no longer needed through autophagy. New results show that a weak molecular interaction is ...

In a significant advancement for cancer research, a team of scientists from Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, ...

The genetic cause for the most common type of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome has been identified in mice by ...

The centromere of chromosomes plays a crucial role in cell division. Using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, an international team of researchers led by the Leibniz Institute IPK has investigated ...

Neutrophils are the most abundant white blood cells in the human body, primarily recognized for their essential roles in fighting infections and regulating inflammation.