The discovery of ‘ovoid cells’ is transforming our understanding of memory and may pave the way for new treatments for ...

What if treating autoimmune diseases was as simple as regulating the acidity levels of parts of patients’ cells? New research indicates that controlling cell acidity could treat severe inflammation.

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.

A new discovery from an international collaborative research team has solved the mystery of how cells turn on their recycling process and create "garbage bags" to remove proteins. The process of ...