Inside cells, RNAs and proteins form tiny, liquid-like droplets called biomolecular condensates. These droplets are essential for organizing cellular life, yet why some RNAs cluster more readily than ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected function for a crucial protein involved in cell division. Reported in two consecutive ...

The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by ...

Our immune system constantly evolves over the years, and certain cells long considered signs of decline might actually play a ...

Rutgers neuroscientist Peng Jiang and his neuroscience colleague Mengmeng Jin have made a discovery they say could reshape ...

Immune cell discovery: "The potential to be used for almost everything" By Paul McClure June 18, 2024 A discovery about an important immune cell could have wide-reaching implications for disease ...

A previously unknown type of DNA damage in the mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside our cells, could shed light on how ...

New research shows fat cells do more than store fat. The enzyme Hormone-Sensitive Lipase (HSL) also regulates fat-cell ...

The Virtual Cell Pharmacology Initiative (VCPI) is an open source platform designed to build a standardized framework for virtual cell models.

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have identified a key molecule for establishing blood stem cells in their niche within the bone marrow. The findings, reported in the January ...

The discovery of a new type of stem cell in the brain could usher in better treatments for the deadliest brain tumor. UCSF scientists have discovered a stem cell in the young brain that's capable of ...