Janelia researchers have uncovered a novel way that two of the structures inside cells—the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and ...

If cancer is a disease of overabundance, where cells divide without restraint and tumors grow despite the body's best interests, then degenerative diseases are disorders of deprivation. When ...

Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.

To work toward getting around this issue, researchers used parabolic flights to simulate microgravity conditions, then 3D ...

Hyderabad: The CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is hosting a five-day EMBO India Lecture Course titled ‘Structure, Function and Quality Control of Proteins in Cell Organelles.' ...

An international research team led by a University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine investigator has revealed ultra-detailed intricacies in how nerve signals activate at the neuromuscular junction, a ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have found a new way to produce human blood cells in the lab that mimics how they form naturally in embryos. Their discovery could pave the way to simulate ...

Drugs to treat inflammatory and autoimmune diseases - such as asthma, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis or Chrousos syndrome - act mainly through the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). This essential protein ...

In our modern, indoor-oriented and sedentary lives, the term “sunshine vitamin” might feel outdated, but the significance of the same has never been greater. Like the sunshine itself, the “sunshine ...

More than 830 million people worldwide have diabetes—a chronic, debilitating disease. But experts say it’s possible to recover with a few proven lifestyle changes. Monitoring blood glucose levels is ...