In Brazil, researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) conducted experiments on rats and identified that a ...

Like bees breathing life into gardens, providing pollen and making flowers blossom, little cellular machines called ...

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

Scientists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have discovered that human cells operate a sophisticated, synchronized ...

Researchers from Japan found that macro-heterogeneity (the presence of multiple cell types) and micro-heterogeneity ...

Learn more about red blood cells, transporters of oxygen throughout your body, including vital organs and tissues.

They’ve discovered a previously unknown organelle – that is, a specialized structure that performs some specific function – inside human cells.

However, both the structure and function of this protein family have been debated within the scientific community, inhibiting efforts to understand its role in disease and develop effective ...

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

In all eukaryotic cells, actin protein assembles to form a network of thin filaments that spread throughout the cell. The actin filaments give the cell its structure, enable the cell to move, and ...