The chirality of tissues and organs is essential for their proper function and development. Tissue-level chirality derives from the chirality of individual cells that comprise the tissue, and cellular ...

The cytoskeleton is an intricate and dynamic fibrous network that has an essential role in the generation and regulation of cell architecture and cellular mechanical properties. The cytoskeleton ...

Joint Press release from Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome; Department of Biochemistry and Gurdon Institute, University ...

Numerous physiological and pathological stimuli promote the rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton, thereby modulating cellular motile functions. Although it seems intuitively obvious that cell ...

Metastasis is the name for cancer that has spread from an initial, or “primary” tumor, to other parts of the body. It’s also ...

Importantly, the team found that mutations associated with neurological conditions like autism and schizophrenia can interfere with this precise system. These genetic alterations may disrupt the ...

At some point during the evolution of life on Earth, inorganic matter became organic, nonliving matter became living. How ...

Glial cells support neurological structures, function, cognition, behaviours, physical skills, and motor coordination.

The potential for these kinds of machines to reshape computer processing, increase energy efficiency, and revolutionize ...

Scientists have identified how the brain protein cypin helps maintain strong connections between neurons, a discovery with ...

A research team led by Professor Takuya Yamamoto (Department of Life Science Frontiers) and Professor Yasuhiro Yamada at the University of Tokyo has developed a novel in vivo system that reveals how ...

New research from Professor Guillermo Ameer’s team shows how a shape change of a cell’s nucleus can trigger regenerative ...