A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...

The human small intestine absorbs nutrients while protecting us from potentially harmful microbes. One of the cell types that ...

Tiny structures inside your cells keep your body alive by turning food into fuel. These structures, called mitochondria, ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too ...

Biomedical researchers at Texas A&M University may have discovered a way to stop or even reverse the decline of cellular energy production—a finding that could have revolutionary effects across ...

Researchers at Duke University used CRISPR technologies to discover previously unannotated stretches of DNA in the ‘dark genome’ that are responsible for controlling how cells sense and respond to the ...

Scientists discovered that certain gene changes allow cells to function even when frataxin, the protein lost in Friedreich’s ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a protein that causes human cell membranes to break open in a ...

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a new study has found, furthering scientists’ understanding of the potential effects of space exploration on the human body. Stem cells are found ...

Scientists have attempted to map the human cell since the first microscope was invented more than 400 years ago. But many components of the cell still remain uncharted. "We know each of the proteins ...