New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 ...

Metabolism, far from being just a housekeeping function, underlies all changes in cell size and function ...

Until now, it has been difficult to maintain retinal ganglion cells deep inside organoids over extended periods. The supply ...

Despite the immense amount of genetic material present in each cell, around 3 billion base pairs in humans, this material ...

Cells spend energy not just on reactions, but on control. New research explains why staying stable comes with an unseen ...

Cell signalling pathways are central to maintaining cellular homeostasis and regulating essential functions such as proliferation, apoptosis, and repair. In both cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, ...

Sterols, such as cholesterol in our bodies or ergosterol in yeast cells, are among the most abundant lipids in eukaryotic cells, yet are synthesized through notoriously long, complex metabolic ...

Over the past 15 years, University of Alabama at Birmingham endocrinologist Anath Shalev, M.D., has unraveled a crucial biological pathway that malfunctions in diabetes. Her latest discovery in this ...

Dendritic cells (DCs) are among the first immune sentinels to detect viruses, bacteria, or other challenges. These specialized messengers alert T cells while orchestrating either a measured calm or a ...

A single damaged protein inside one brain cell may seem insignificant. Yet new research shows how that small mistake can ...

The Immune Atlas identifies immune signatures in MM, enhancing outcome prediction and guiding personalized therapies by ...