To the casual eye, a memory foam mattress would appear to have no relationship to the behavior of cells and tissues. But an innovative study carried out at the Centro de Investigaciones ...

It may seem like science fiction, but some animals have ... generates chemical energy and is necessary for numerous cell functions in plants and algae. "We thought that the chloroplasts would ...

Although bariatric surgery (surgery for weight loss by altering the digestive system) and very-low-calorie diets can improve glycemic control and β-cell function, there is a need for less ...

Membrane-bound organelles were the textbook standard of how scientists thought cells ... functions. Later, they found that IDPs tend to form condensates. As is so often the case in science ...

Cell membranes from comb jellies reveal a new kind of adaptation to the deep sea: curvy lipids that conform to an ideal shape under pressure. Science Corporation's retinal implant allowed some ...

These areas, called centromeres, are responsible for billions and billions of perfect DNA matches made over the course of our lifetimes, ensuring that cells can divide successfully. And when they ...

The protein factories of our cells are much more diverse than we thought they were. Scientists have now shown that cancer cells can use these so-called ribosomes to boost their invisibility cloak ...

or distinct lineages committing to a function for life. Using single-cell approaches, biologists in the future may continue unscrambling details about the dynamic lives of these fat cells. Kamal is a ...

Dysfunctions of the tiny cell processes (primary cilia*) of the pancreatic beta cells could be a cause of type 2 diabetes.

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin discovered important information about an enzyme that can protect cells ...