Gene transfer requires culture and selection of cells that have taken up the genetic material and is constrained by the inefficiency of DNA uptake by some cell types, particularly freshly isolated ...

Glucose is life's main energy source. But a new study reveals a surprising role as a master manipulator of tissue maturation, hinting at its importance in diabetes and cancer.

These small messengers could be a key to developing new cancer-fighting drugs and therapies, but it has been unclear how exactly the recipient cells absorb the extracellular vesicles and their cargo.

Aim: This study examines the absolute quantification of particle uptake into cells. Methods: We developed a novel method to analyze stacks of confocal fluorescence images of single cells ...

The slideshow shows an example of osmosis showing the direction of movement of water between two different concentrations of sugar solutions: In a very concentrated solution, the cell undergoes ...

Craig B. Thompson, MD Craig Thompson studies molecular signaling pathways that regulate nutrient uptake and the role these pathways play in the regulation of cell growth and survival. Andrea Ventura, ...