Hold out your hands, palms up, and move them so they are on top of each other. With a little experimentation—and perhaps a ...

Rather than being like battery chargers, mitochondria are more like the motherboard of the cell.

Scientists led by Karla Satchell, Ph.D., the Anne Stewart Youmans Professor of Microbiology at Northwestern University, have ...

Cryogenic electron microscopy showed for the first time that large RNA complexes can assemble without the help of proteins, expanding our understanding of RNA folding and function.

As detailed in a study published last week in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science, the living bacteria survived in the structure for an extended amount of time, laying the groundwork for ...

The researchers focused on the system bacterial cells use for producing polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). These chemicals are formed when the bacterial cells continue to have a good supply of carbon ...

Immune cells that eat bacteria in the body don't stash them in specialized compartments as once thought, but turn them into critical nutrients that build proteins, create energy and keep the cells ...

A common type of bacteria has been found to make some cancers "melt", according to researchers. People who had fusobacterium in their head and neck cancers had "much better outcomes" - with ...

Neglecting to clean your hairbrush results in the build up of hair, product residue, and oils, creating a breeding ground for bacteria and ... dead skin cells, and product buildup," Alyssa Pantano ...

Gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that contain a thick cell wall. During the Gram staining process — a test that experts use to view the bacteria under a microscope — they appear purple or blue.

and many of our best antibiotics target the proteins that build and remodel this structure. As bacteria grow and divide, they remodel their cell wall, which results in the release of cell wall ...

A new study has found that cloaking drugs inside red blood cells could help guide powerful but toxic antibiotics to target bacteria. But there may be ways to target these drugs more precisely.