Inside every living cell, proteins and membranes are in constant motion, reshaping, colliding, and flexing as they keep an ...

New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 ...

For the first time, scientists have answered a longstanding question in cell biology about a partnership of proteins called ...

The discovery that tissues use electricity to expel unhealthy cells is part of a surge of renewed interest in the currents ...

Randomness inside cells can decide whether a cancer returns after chemotherapy or whether an infection survives antibiotics.

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

Researchers released a consensus statement with recommendations to update T cell nomenclature and improve communication ...

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...

Why does cancer sometimes recur after chemotherapy? Why do some bacteria survive antibiotic treatment? In many cases, the ...

Scientists decoded basic molecular processes in metabolism, investigated premenstrual chocolate cravings, and figured out how ...