The membrane-bound organelle appears to play a huge role in helping cells sort, discard, and recycle their contents. It's ...

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to ...

The glycocalyx surrounds each cell in the human body like a coat. This complex sugar layer plays a key role in the progression of numerous diseases, such as cancer and autoimmune diseases.

A new structure in human cells has been discovered. The structure is a new type of protein complex that the cell uses to attach to its surroundings and proves to play a key part in cell division.

"When this overexpression happens in cells that should be locked into place, such as epithelial cells, they can build filopodia, which they're not supposed to have," Alushin says.

What makes MRK’s images so compelling is the way they make cell biology seem less abstract. Instead of brightly colored diagrams, we get sweeping vistas of the cell and components that look very ...

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Although cell-in-cell structure was noted 100 years ago, the molecular mechanisms of ‘entering’ and the destination of cell-in-cell remain largely unclear. It takes place among the same type ...

It is a particularly aggressive type of skin cancer affecting the cells that produce skin pigment. Just this year in the United States, more than 90,000 individuals will be diagnosed with melanoma.