Cells are enveloped by a lipid membrane that gives them structure and provides a barrier between the cell and its environment. However, evidence has recently emerged suggesting that these membranes do ...

If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...

The 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their work on the discovery of microRNA, a molecule that governs how cells in the ...

Creating artificial systems that mimic the functioning of cells is one of the goals of what is known as synthetic biology.

Pulmonary fibrosis is a deadly disease in which the lungs become thickened and scarred, gradually losing their ability to deliver oxygen to the body. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco have ...

A tiny antibody component could fundamentally transform the treatment of cystic fibrosis: For the first time, researchers ...

A growing body of research is challenging the long-held assumption that memory and awareness belong exclusively to the brain. Scientists working across immunology, biophysics, and neuroscience have ...

Scientists have discovered that the MLKL protein, known as a mediator of cell death, covertly accelerates the aging of ...

The disease develops when the body cannot properly control blood sugar levels, which are essential for providing energy to ...