One of the most well-studied cellular responses is how they react during times of stress, such as when the temperature gets ...
When a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages, our cells work ...
Cells do more than carry out chemical reactions. New theoretical work suggests they may also generate usable electrical ...
Electricity has always been central to how life works, from the firing of neurons to the beating of the heart, but new ...
When you were first conceived, you were a single cell. From this basic fact, we can extrapolate a few things, most especially that all the cells that make up your body today came (indirectly) from ...
In the same way that ChatGPT understands human language, a new AI model developed by computational biologists captures the language of cells to accurately predict their activities. In the same way ...
The average human cell contains roughly 10,000 different proteins. Existing as several to millions of copies in each cell, proteins mediate all manner of tasks, including chemical transformations, ...
Measuring membrane thickness was previously only possible in artificial membranes—now scientists can do it inside intact ...
NEW YORK, NY (Jan. 8, 2025)--Using a new artificial intelligence method, researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons can accurately predict the activity of genes ...