Mitochondria can lose power like batteries, but they can potentially be regenerated—a promising development than can be used ...

UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps ...

By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps ...

Inside human cells, biology has pulled off the ultimate packing job, figuring out how to fit six feet of DNA into a nucleus ...

Tiny structures inside your cells keep your body alive by turning food into fuel. These structures, called mitochondria, ...

Scientists are learning how to revive faltering human cells by loading them with fresh power plants, effectively repairing ...

Researchers at LMU in collaboration with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg have discovered how ...

Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere.

In several disease conditions, including infections and cancers, innate immune activation and nutrient scarcity occur ...

Male infertility is a major issue worldwide and its causes remain unclear. Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems ...