Dynamin is a protein that plays a central role in endocytosis—the process where cells internalize substances by wrapping them in cell membrane vesicles. For a vesicle to detach, the neck of the ...

When a cell receives a message from outside, it generates a molecule called cyclic AMP (cAMP) to relay this message. To ...

When a cell receives a message from outside, it generates a molecule called cyclic AMP (cAMP) to relay this message. To ensure the signal reaches the correct effector without triggering pathways ...

Why do nerve cells die in dementia - and can this process be slowed down? Researchers from the Technical University of Munich ...

Countless bacterial species share cramped environments where competition for space and resources is fierce. Some rely on a ...

Scientists have finally watched influenza viruses break into living human cells in real time, catching the microscopic ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Scientists were amazed to discover a 507-year-old clam that was already 100 in Shakespeare’s day, but why did it live so long ...

A study carried out by the University of Bonn and the University Hospital Bonn throws light on how an important receptor can be inhibited. The human P2X4 receptor plays an important role in chronic ...

A membrane-free solid-state reactor turns captured carbon dioxideinto clean formic acid that feeds microbes, growing ...

This important study reveals that mitotic release of an ER-microtubule tether is critical for normal mitotic progression. Manipulating CLIMP63 phosphorylation, the authors provide convincing evidence ...

Adult skeletal muscle is a tissue with a high capacity for regeneration due to the existence of stem cell population, termed ...