Can the bend of a banana give us insight into cancer? What does the shape of a rice grain have to do with infertility? The ...

Mitochondria are essential for cell survival, repair, and adaptation. Not only do they generate most of the energy needed ...

Large protein machines in the body carry out many of the cell's most essential tasks, from energy production to the ...

How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...

A research team from Mannheim, Göttingen, Varna, and Princeton has discovered in animal studies with mice that the growth ...

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

Our immune system relies on T cells to fight infections. But T cells don't just show up and react—first, they train, get a game plan, and coordinate their defenses in lymphoid organs. Researchers have ...

DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions, it can temporarily fold into unusual shapes. Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have now shown ...