For the first time, researchers have directly visualized how newly formed cellular organelles leave the endoplasmic reticulum ...

Cells organize their molecules into distinct functional areas. While textbooks usually refer to membrane-bound organelles ...

Improvements in public health have allowed humankind to survive to older ages than ever before, but, for many people, these ...

There’s unexpected movement in the world of cell biology — specifically, with the energy factories known as mitochondria. Ever since they were discovered in the mid-nineteenth century, mitochondria ...

Organelle signaling and immune cell development The researchers used CRISPR-Cas9 genetic screens to uncover critical signaling pathways influencing T RM cell development and differentiation. They ...

The article begins by introducing SGs as cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein granules formed through phase separation in response to stress. It discusses SGs’ roles in RNA metabolism, translation regulation ...

Improvements in public health have allowed humankind to survive to older ages than ever before, but, for many people, these added golden years are not spent in good health. Aging is a natural part of ...

Hemifusomes are fused vesicles, or sacs of fluid, that were previously unknown to exist inside cells. They were discovered using cryo-electron tomography, which literally freezes them in time, and ...

Peking University, April 2, 2025: A team from Peking University’s College of Future Technology, led by Professor Xi Peng, in collaboration with Professor Jin Dayong at the Eastern Institute of ...

A Northwestern Medicine study has shed light on one of the most intricate construction projects in biology: how cells build and coordinate the internal scaffolding needed to create a healthy egg. The ...

Bacteria are only the only organisms that are able to 'fix' nitrogen, or remove it from the atmosphere and convert it into a useful form. While some plants seem to fix nitrogen, it is actually ...