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

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

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

RNA is usually portrayed as a molecule that works deep inside the cell, helping to turn genetic information into proteins.

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

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a protein that causes human cell membranes to break open in a ...

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

Cell membrane chromatography (CMC) is an innovative bioaffinity technique that utilises immobilised cell membranes to replicate the native configuration and function of membrane proteins. This ...

One of the most exciting advances in cancer treatments in the past decade is the development of T cell immunotherapies, in ...

For the first time, researchers have been able to show how a cell closes the door to free radicals - small oxygen molecules that are sometimes needed ...

Experiments on an ultra-rare genetic mutation that causes neurodegeneration in children have helped uncover a new mechanism ...

Scientists at UT Southwestern in Dallas say they have finally nailed down the human protein that makes cells literally burst ...