Researchers are studying why the energy factories are moving between cells and whether the process can be harnessed to treat ...

Cells are sensitive to many forms of stimuli including light and heat, but little is known about the cellular response to ...

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria allows us ...

After more than five decades of mystery, scientists have finally unveiled the detailed structure and function of a ...

Researchers from the University of Technology Delft, the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Caltech have developed a ...

Cells use many complex genetic repair backup systems to fix DNA damage and remain healthy throughout their lives.

Sound doesn't just enter your ears – it may actually talk to your cells. New research out of Kyoto University shows that ...

A new study has revealed that a special group of cells in the intestines tamp down the immune responses caused by exposure to food proteins. Called 'tolerogenic dendritic cells,' these cells enable ...

During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and viruses from self-antigens that are expressed by cells of the body.

Researchers from National Taiwan University and collaborators have developed a novel way to observe and monitor carbon dioxide (CO 2) conversion into carbon monoxide (CO) inside living cells ...