The Hemifusome: A Cellular Recycling Center The hemifusome is a tiny, membrane-bound organelle that functions as a recycling center inside cells. Its primary role seems to be in organizing and ...

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to the function of motile cilia, the hair-like structures extending from the ...

The cell nucleus is considered to be the control center of vital cellular processes, but its material properties continue to puzzle scientists. An international research team has now developed a new ...

If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...

A study shows that high levels of negatively charged lipids can lock growth receptors into an overactive state, driving ...

As we age, our ability to maintain healthy blood and a strong immune system gradually declines, largely because hematopoietic ...

Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators have for the first time created human intestinal organoids that include functional Paneth cells, a specialized cell type that is found in the ...