Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...
DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions, it can temporarily fold ...
A Northwestern Medicine study has shed light on one of the most intricate construction projects in biology: how cells build ...
Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...
Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them - signaling molecules, nutrients, even ...
Unlike virtually every other cell in the human body, the syncytiotrophoblast doesn't have a single nucleus. It has roughly 10 ...
A long-standing mystery in bile acid biology has been solved. Bile acids are often introduced as digestion helpers, but they are also powerful chemical messengers that help coordinate metabolism ...
When Motorola introduced its first mobile phone in 1984, the company hoped for a buying frenzy. But even the best marketers couldn’t have predicted the success of mobile phones. Today, mobile phones ...