Integral membrane protein structure determination traditionally requires extraction from cell membranes using detergents or polymers ... and cofactors that are essential to biological function. Very ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which ...

New research challenges the view that proteins are the only key to evolution, highlighting the importance of lipids.

Researchers have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which replicates development of the tissues supporting the embryo from two to four weeks after fertilization. This is ...

Inside every human cell, 2 meters of DNA is crammed into a nucleus that is only one-hundredth of a millimeter in diameter.To ...

Membrane biophysics is the study of the physical ... and the effect they have on paracellular transport and phenomena relating to cell shape. Molecular simulations are used to quantify how the ...

A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique ...

Viruses are natural delivery systems for nucleic acids, but they have several significant drawbacks: They aren’t targeted to any one cell type, for instance, and they can’t be re-dosed—the ...

This explainer outlines how neurons and glial cells coordinate electrical and chemical signals to form complex brain networks ...

Select the journal/section where you want your idea to be submitted: The study of cell structure and dynamics is a pivotal area in cell biology ... Key questions include how cytoskeletal proteins ...