Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...

A study from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), published in Nature Communications, reveals how ...

Scientists have discovered that T cell receptors activate through a hidden spring-like motion that had never been seen before ...

Tears seem simple, but the tiny glands that produce them are among the least understood organs in the human body. By growing ...

One of the most exciting advances in cancer treatments in the past decade is the development of T cell immunotherapies, in which a patient's own immune system is trained to recognize and attack ...

Gastric (stomach) cancer remains one of the most common and deadly cancers in East Asia, including Korea. Yet despite its ...

Ribosomes—the tiny factories that build proteins in our cells—don't all work with the same efficiency. Researchers from Japan have discovered that ...

Scientists have identified a small flaw in the enzyme GPX4 that prevents neurons from defending themselves. This mutation, ...

Seals give birth only when conditions are right. After mating, a female seal can delay implantation of the embryo in the ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich, the Technical University of Munich and the LMU University Hospital Munich uncovered a mechanism that protects nerve cells from premature cell death, known as ...

In a decades-long effort, researchers have discovered how to tweak the molecular pathways that turn heart muscle motors up or ...