Our cells produce a variety of proteins, each with a specific role that, in many cases, means that they need to be in a ...

For life to function, cell membranes must remain intact. When these fragile barriers are damaged—for instance by heat or ...

In contrast, peptide hormones cannot enter cells and only bind to cell surface receptors. 11 The interaction between these hormones and their cell surface receptors may directly activate intracellular ...

Miniature models of the brain have revealed a "previously unappreciated" role of microglia, a type of cell found within the ...

This study links RhoA/ROCK pathway activity to nanoscale sensing, showing how cytoskeletal tension modulates cell ...

Too much fat can be unhealthy: how fat cells, so-called adipocytes, develop, is crucial for the function of the fat tissue.

While scientists had previously studied brain cells’ structure and function separately, “understanding how neuronal function emerges at the circuit level has been challenging, since we need to ...

In a major leap forward for genetic and biomedical research, scientists have developed a powerful new artificial intelligence tool that can predict the 3D shape of chromosomes inside individual ...