Proteins are the molecular machines of cells. They are produced in protein factories called ribosomes based on their ...

Unlike virtually every other cell in the human body, the syncytiotrophoblast doesn't have a single nucleus. It has roughly 10 ...

Protein folding helpers such as TRiC and prefoldin (PFD) are crucial for the correct folding of many essential proteins. In a Nature study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry ...

Many of today’s chronic health problems stem from ignoring the basic biological rules plants have followed for billions of ...

Fish treated with SGLT2 inhibitors maintained healthier kidneys as they aged. Their kidneys preserved denser networks of capillaries, retained a stronger filtration barrier, and showed more stable ...

A tiny structure hidden beneath the skin may hold clues to smoother skin and better healing. New research shows this feature ...

Scientists in Australia have uncovered a clever new way to fight some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria by ...

Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine are chasing a new way to slow glioblastoma, the deadliest brain ...

In A Nutshell Ancient origins: Genes linked to dyslexia date back over 430 million years to early vertebrates: they’re not recent evolutionary innovations Recycled brain circuits: Humans don’t have ...

This puzzle is known as the problem of time, and it remains one of the most persistent obstacles to a unified theory of ...

For generations, medical students were taught that the map of the human body was essentially complete. Yet cancer imaging has ...

Ocean pollution is quietly draining energy from seabirds’ cells, as mercury and forever chemicals disrupt mitochondria even ...