Talin is a protein that plays an important role in the immune system by activating integrins, receptors that help cells ...

In a leap forward for genetic and biomedical research, two scientists at the University of Missouri have developed a powerful ...

Researchers from the Göttingen Cluster of Excellence Multiscale Bioimaging (MBExC) have uncovered the 3D structure of the membrane proteins myoferlin and dysferlin using high-resolution cryo-electron ...

Oral 8-aminoguanine (8-AG) treatment preserved retinal structure and rod function in aged Fischer 344 rats, significantly ...

Our cells rely on microscopic highways and specialized protein vehicles to move everything—from positioning organelles to ...

A team of scientists has answered a long-standing question in cell biology, uncovering how the cell's main energy currency, ATP, is transported into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Disrupted energy ...

A new study published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology offers groundbreaking evidence that gut bacteria can ...

An AI-driven, 3D spatial multimodal analysis exposed substantial immune and structural dysregulation of the duodenum in ...

Rather than being like battery chargers, mitochondria are more like the motherboard of the cell.

Peptidomimetics are synthetic analogs that retain the essential structure and function of peptides but with chemical ...

My search for answers to these stupendously ambitious questions led me, it now seems inexorably, to mitochondria. This idea of mitochondria being little batteries with a built-in charger, about as ...

Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute have discovered that microscopic structural changes in ...