Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out ...

In a scientific first, researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Diego, have generated a ...

How proteins in our cells attain their correct three-dimensional structure is crucial to their function—and to our health. Errors in this process can lead to serious diseases. Researchers at the ...

Scientists in Austria are studying live human brain cells and comparing them to those of mice. Their findings raise new ...

You may have heard about people making paintings on a grain of rice, but is it possible to create something inside a living ...

Mitochondria are cell organelles surrounded by a double membrane. In addition to numerous essential functions in the ...

For the first time, scientists have 3-D printed objects within living cells, including a 10-micrometer long elephant and tiny “barcodes” that could help track individual cells. Remarkably, many of the ...

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

To analyze the oligomerization and function of primary cell wall CesAs, we recombinantly expressed and purified Glycine max (soybean, Gm) CesA1, CesA3, and CesA6. Cryo-EM analyses of all three CesA ...

Researchers have found cold-water acclimation affects cellular function, upregulating protective mechanisms that could contribute to health.

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 ...