Scientists can peer into cells to get a limited view of their activity using microscopes and other tools. However, cells and ...

Scientists suggest increasing what is understood about exocytosis could one day inform many fields of applied science.

Polyamines are small molecules naturally present in all cells and are critical in guiding cellular decisions, whereas an alteration in the abundance of these metabolites is invariably observed in ...

Cornell researchers have discovered a new application of spatial transcriptomics, an imaging technique that analyzes and maps the gene activity in a tissue sample. The researchers used this technique ...

Polyamines are small molecules naturally present in all cells and are critical in guiding cellular decisions, whereas an ...

Cyanobacteria, an ancient lineage of bacteria that perform photosynthesis, have been found to regulate their genes using the same physics principle used in AM radio transmission. Cyanobacteria, an ...

Around one million individuals worldwide become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, each year. To replicate and spread the infection, the virus must smuggle its genetic material into the ...

The traditional view of human genetics is that we are born with a genome that provides a predictive model of our risks of developing different diseases. With a few exceptions, such as cancer, genetic ...

With the FDA expecting to approve 10–20 Cell and Gene Therapies (CGTs) annually by 2025, it is evident that the field will continue to hold immense commercial and medical opportunities. To harness ...