Crystal jellyfish have an eerie beauty: thanks to a natural protein, they emit a faint green glow. For decades, researchers ...
In 2021, a technology developed at the University of Michigan, called Seq-Scope, revolutionized the ability to map gene ...
"Longevity science" is on the come up—and "mitochondria" appears to be its newest mascot. The cell's energy-producing center ...
Researchers identified PEX38 as essential for glycosome formation in trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness, Chagas ...
Around 1.7 billion years ago, eukaryotes—the building blocks of complex life—first appeared on Earth, and now scientists have ...
Scientists at Oregon State University have engineered a powerful new nanomaterial that zeroes in on cancer cells and destroys them from the inside out. Designed to exploit cancer’s unique ...
Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide—without relying on the classic “purse-string ...
The pathogens that cause tropical diseases rely on an essential protein that is absent from all other organism. This ...
Researchers working with Professor Ralf Erdmann at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have discovered a critical vulnerability ...
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 ...
In a combined effort, researchers from the University of Lethbridge helped discover a critical function of a specific ribonucleic acid in the growth of cancer cells.