Researchers have discovered how unstructured segments of surface proteins regulate the biological function of a cell. Their ...

The amount of any given protein in a cell has to be controlled to keep its levels within a range required for healthy ...

Cells manage a wide range of functions in their tiny package — growing, moving, housekeeping, and so on — and most of those functions require energy. But how do cells get this energy in the first ...

The immune cell repertoire is composed of many different cell types that are orchestrated in response to infection and other pathogens that enter the body. As a result, the body can defend itself ...

University of Warwick research demonstrates how to engineer "cell factories" that last longer and produce more chemicals, ...

A new study by the University of California, Davis, shows how cells work together to avoid a sudden drop in blood sugar.

Scientists have attempted to map the human cell since the first microscope was invented more than 400 years ago. But many components of the cell still remain uncharted. "We know each of the proteins ...

Cancer researchers focused on improving the success of cancer immunotherapies introduced a new tool in a Yale study published ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 700 million people worldwide and is caused by genetic and environmental ...

Cigarette smoke impairs mesenchymal stem cell function, limiting proliferation, migration, differentiation, and immunomodulation, with major implications for regenerative medicine and stem cell–based ...

Treatment introduces an expansion of the scope of gene therapies that might lead to similar treatments for neurodegenerative ...