For the Liu Lab, necessity is truly the mother of invention. The researchers were examining how the 3D organization of the genome controls development and needed to image hundreds of RNA molecules in ...

In trials with rabbits and pigs that had damaged penis tissue, the 3D printed penis was able to restore sexual function. It ...

PHILADELPHIA- What if treating autoimmune diseases was as simple as regulating the acidity levels of parts of patients' cells ...

An innovative new technique developed at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus uses a novel DNA barcode system to track hundreds of ...

As well as degrading proteins, the proteosome surprisingly also functions in human defence against bacterial infection. By ...

Proteins in cells are highly flexible and often exist in multiple conformations, each with unique abilities to bind ligands.

DNA repair proteins act like the body's editors, constantly finding and reversing damage to our genetic code. Researchers ...

Immune cells might be reprogrammed to use the body’s fructose — a naturally occurring sugar — as an energy source that supercharges them to fight cancer, researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer ...

Cells attach to each other through carefully arranged molecules. A Kobe University research team has now found that the way they organize to find their proper places is similar to how grease drops ...

It's made up of a complicated network of cells and organs. It protects the body from infection, cancer, and other conditions. Lymph nodes are part of the immune system. They send out lymphocytes.

In autoimmune diseases, your immune system mistakes healthy cells for foreign cells and starts attacking them. Type 1 diabetes is one prime example, in which your immune system attacks the insulin ...

Prisoners are 'inevitably' having sex with each other because they are not locked in their cells at night, inspectors have revealed. An Independent Monitoring Board report said some inmates were ...