Unlike our organs, cell organelles such as mitochondria are not fixed in place, but when, where, how, and why organelles move ...

No one has yet created a fully functioning artificial cell. But a research team at Aarhus University has taken a step in that ...

Cells may generate their own electrical signals through microscopic membrane motions. Researchers show that active molecular ...

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

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

Many biological processes are regulated by electricity-from nerve impulses to heartbeats to the movement of molecules in and ...

A hidden “jack-in-the-box” mechanism inside T cells may hold the key to unlocking more powerful cancer immunotherapies.

Chicken is a popular source of protein, with 26 grams in 3 ounces, but can feel repetitive. Lots of other foods contain ...

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 ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a protein that causes human cell membranes to break open in a form of inflammatory programmed cell death called necroptosis. Their ...

Ryan Notti (left) and Thomas Walz (right) discovered new characteristics of a T cell receptor that are essential to a variety ...