The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...

Our biceps and our brain cells may have more in common than previously thought. New research led by the Lippincott-Schwartz ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

Filopodia help cells move but also aid cancer spread. Scientists have revealed how fascin proteins build these structures, ...

Scientists have translated nanoscale experimental and computational data into precise 3D representations of bacteria, yeast ...

The fatty membrane surrounding every living cell is a vibrant environment where countless biological processes take place.

In this manuscript the authors established a novel three-dimensional culture system for stratified epithelia that allows epithelial cells to undergo epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and ...

Scientists have identified nanoparticles that latch onto and destroy virus membranes, opening new possibilities for antiviral ...

The LNP-mRNA modality is a novel approach that uses lipid nanoparticles to deliver messenger RNA into cells. The mRNA acts as ...

A new study shows how an anticancer drug triggers an "outside in" signal that gets it sucked into a cancer cell.

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