The laboratory of Ege Kavalali, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology, published a paper in Nature ...

Researchers are making ever more sophisticated mini organs in the lab — and now they can grow their own blood vessels. The ...

At the heart of our cells, a previously unknown structure has just been identified, shedding new light on essential ...

A research group conducted quantitative individual analysis on the contribution to the strength of the micrometer-scale ...

Eukaryotic cells form the foundation of complex life, their defining feature being the presence of membrane-bound organelles. This article details the structure of eukaryotic cells and provides ...

A previously unknown structure discovered in our cells could pave the way toward new treatments for various genetic disorders ...

Researchers examined anatomy of neurons from humans, mice and fruit flies. They discovered that the cellular structure of the brain is at a critical point, poised between two phases.

A once-independent bacterium has evolved into an organelle that provides nitrogen to algal cells – an event so rare that there are only three other known cases ...

A group of scientists from Iowa State University doing research under a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant reports that they have discovered a new and different spindle structure during cell ...

Where the heck did all those structures inside complex cells come from? There are competing theories about the origin of the nucleus and endoplasmic reticulum.