Cytoskeleton rearrangements promote formation of a giant structure called a GUVac that stops cells from dying when they become detached from the extracellular matrix.

A breakthrough in understanding how a single-cell parasite makes ergosterol (its version of cholesterol) could lead to more ...

What does it take to design a new needle for medical use? When the needle needs to be much thinner and sharper than any ...

Drs Kathy Miller and Francisco J. Esteva discuss testing and therapeutic options for the new classification of HER2-ultra-low breast cancer.

Membrane contact sites (MCSs) are specialized regions where the membranes of different organelles come into close proximity, but without actual contacts, ...

The ear has 3 parts. Conductive hearing ... The stereocilia of the outer hair cells are embedded in the overlying gelatinous tectorial membrane. The perilymph fluid wave causes a frequency ...

Heather Rosentrater, who has spent her entire professional career with the utility, has a firm grasp on the company’s ...

This study presents poly(4-(p-styryl)-1-butanephosphonic acid) (sbPA) membranes as a stable, high-performance alternative for ...

These signals are part of the intricate coordination of immune responses ... The MAVS protein resides on the outer membrane of a cell's energy-producing power stations, the mitochondria. After a ...

A new role has been uncovered for a cell's own RNA in fending off attacks by RNA viruses. Some of the cell's RNA molecules, researchers found, help regulate antiviral signaling. These signals are part ...

A new study may overturn the century-old understanding of how neurons are shaped—but not everyone is on board.

After years of trying, Mesoblast has won US FDA approval for its stem-cell therapies to treat the fatal graft-versus-host ...