Lipid membranes, which form the outer layer of cells, can be engineered to influence cellular functions. For example, ...

This fundamental study combines in vitro reconstitution experiments and molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate how membrane lipids are transported from the outer to the inner membrane of ...

In recent years, the term "eldest daughter syndrome" has gained traction on social media, as many firstborn daughters share ...

A team of researchers studied the properties of membranes to understand how these cellular structures influenced the chemistry of life on Earth as it began.

Imagine drawing on something as delicate as a living cell -- without damaging it. Researchers have made this groundbreaking discovery using an unexpected combination of tools: frozen ethanol, electron ...

Chinese scientists have discovered in samples from the Tiangong space station a previously unknown strain of bacteria that ...

The reported cryo-EM imaging of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel in liposomes as opposed to nanodiscs has both broad implications and contributes valuable methodological advances to the ...

⊥Current address: School of Biotechnology, International University, Vietnam National University. ∥These authors contributed equally. Article Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article ...

In the Boyden chamber assay, cultured smooth muscle cells are plated on the top surface of a porous membrane (8- to 10-μm pores ... of cell shape and position needed for investigating detailed ...

Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP or amylin) is a 37-residue peptide hormone associated with glucose metabolism that is cosecreted with insulin by β-cells in the pancreas ... the high-resolution ...