Every second, hundreds to thousands of molecules move through thousands of nuclear pores in each of your cells. A new high-definition view reveals the machine in action.

Cancer cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) can travel from distant tumors through the bloodstream and kidneys ...

Cancer cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) can travel from distant tumors through the bloodstream and kidneys and be excreted into urine, as reported by researchers at Science Tokyo.

A newly identified protein essential to the survival of trypanosome parasites could offer a highly targeted route for future ...

IIT Bombay researchers reveal tracking antibiotic accumulation in liver cell membranes can predict toxicity, enhancing drug ...

Scientists link TMC protein membrane disruption to hearing loss, showing how mutations, drugs and noise trigger hair cell death and deafness.

Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance your body needs to function. It’s a building block for every cell membrane, it helps your body make steroid hormones (like estrogen and testosterone), it’s ...

Researchers have identified a lipid-driven biophysical mechanism that allows tuberculosis-causing mycobacteria to survive inside human immune cells, a discovery that could inform novel ...

Researchers working with Professor Ralf Erdmann at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have discovered a critical vulnerability ...

Unique metabolic architectureCells have to break down sugar to produce energy. In most organisms, this process of glycolysis takes place in the ...

Researchers working with Professor Ralf Erdmann at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have discovered a critical vulnerability shared by the pathogens that cause African sleeping sickness, Chagas ...

Researchers found three bacteriophages disable MurJ, a key cell wall transporter, by locking it outward-facing. This blocks ...