Human eggs are some of the most patient cells in the body, lying dormant for decades until needed. A study published in The EMBO Journal shows that the cells deliberately slow the activity of their ...

Researchers from The University of Osaka find the key proteins that maintain optimal pH within the Golgi apparatus by ...

The membrane-bound organelle appears to play a huge role in helping cells sort, discard, and recycle their contents. It's ...

In a joint initiative between the Universities of Geneva, Lausanne and Bern, and the EPFL the Dubochet Center for Imaging ...

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

Mitochondria are cell organelles surrounded by a double membrane. In addition to numerous essential functions in the metabolism of the cell, they also play a key role in the integration of signals ...

The pig’s heart was graying rapidly, so McCully decided to try it. He loaded a syringe with the extracted mitochondria and ...

The organelle, a type of specialized structure, has been dubbed a “hemifusome” by its discoverers at the University of ...

For the first time, scientists have 3-D printed objects within living cells, including a 10-micrometer long elephant and tiny “barcodes” that could help track individual cells. Remarkably, many of the ...

Plasmodesmata are only present in plant and algae cells and are not present in animal cells. Lysosomes are membrane-bound ...

A further understanding of the organelle could pave the way for better treatment of genetic and neurodegenerative diseases.