Cells require lipids to maintain their integrity and separate cellular functions for appropriate homeostasis and regulation. Advances in lipid detection methods and techniques to probe lipid functions ...

A recent study by the University of Bonn and University Hospital Bonn and the University of Freiburg shows that the ...

More and more, scientists are learning that mitochondria are involved in other fundamental bodily processes, too. Mitochondria support immune functioning, produce peptides that relay messages between ...

Under stress, animal cells pair inactive ribosomes into RNA-linked disomes. A ribosomal RNA “kissing loop” joins them, protecting ribosomes and reducing protein synthesis to conserve energy.<br /> ...

Researchers identified PEX38 as essential for glycosome formation in trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness, Chagas ...

"Longevity science" is on the come up—and "mitochondria" appears to be its newest mascot. The cell's energy-producing center is the talk of TikTok, wellness clinics and newsletters focused on ...

The powerhouse of the cells – known as mitochondria – appear to be able to influence the number of lipid droplets in the cell ...

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified two lipids that work together with a quintessential protein known ...

The powerhouse of the cells – known as mitochondria – appear to be able to influence the number of lipid droplets in the cell. A mechanism that is ...

Researchers in Japan have identified a striking new way immune cells strip DNA out of dying neighbors, a process they call ...

Unique metabolic architectureCells have to break down sugar to produce energy. In most organisms, this process of glycolysis takes place in the ...

Researchers working with Professor Ralf Erdmann at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have discovered a critical vulnerability ...