When a cell receives a message from outside, it generates a molecule called cyclic AMP (cAMP) to relay this message. To ...
Under a microscope, the newly described organism Solarion looks less like a cell and more like a tiny star, its body ringed ...
A groundbreaking discovery offers hope for reversing kidney damage, challenging the notion that it's irreversible.
UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps ...
UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps ...
Mitochondria can lose power like batteries, but they can potentially be regenerated—a promising development than can be used ...
Tiny structures inside your cells keep your body alive by turning food into fuel. These structures, called mitochondria, ...
Two related studies published today in Nature Metabolism show that a specialized intracellular recycling ...
Researchers say in future it may be possible to grow personalized organoids from patient’s own tissue, to test potential treatments in advance.
Neural tissue engineering aims to mimic the brain's complex environment, the extracellular matrix, which supports nerve cell ...
Researchers have uncovered a shared brain cell breakdown mechanism behind Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, revealing how two different proteins can disrupt neurons in the same devastating way.