Scientists are now looking to bacteriophage — viruses that infect bacteria — and their potential to treat drug-resistant ...

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the portion of the cell responsible for manufacturing and folding proteins. Proteins are ...

A team led by Professor Kazuhiro Maeshima of the National Institute of Genetics (ROIS) and SOKENDAI in Japan has developed a ...

As warehouses go, nuclei are more like libraries than bank vaults. Too many cellular components need access to the genome to lock it down like Fort Knox. Instead, large groupings of more than 1,000 ...

An optogenetic method for controlling the movement of starfish oocytes has been developed, which could have applications for ...

Accumulation of a protein called TDP-43 is a key feature of ALS and frontotemporal dementia. In a newly published study, researchers report ‘seeding’ this accumulation through fragments of the culprit ...

Accumulation of a protein called TDP-43 is a key feature of ALS and frontotemporal dementia. In a newly published study, ...

Researchers have developed a laboratory model that mimics the pathological aggregation of TDP-43, a key protein in ALS and ...

A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — ...

Due to the success of the Volume I of the Research Topic <a href=" Interactions with the Nucleus" we are launching a Volume II of the series.<br/><br/>Viruses cause numerous medically important ...

The DNA also appeared to have a special and rare function — of taking nitrogen gas from the surroundings ... This was a mighty challenge. The cells kept dying. Paleontologist Kyoko Hagino of Kochi ...