Equids, members of the horse family including horses, donkeys and zebras, share curious features called chestnuts. Found on ...

Scientists uncovered how the amino acid leucine enhances mitochondrial efficiency by preserving crucial proteins that drive ...

Plant a seed and, if the conditions are right, the seed grows. The process seems simple enough at first glance and is something many of us may feel like we learned in elementary school.

They are distinct entities primarily composed of enamel and dentin, lacking the living cells and vascularization that ...

A Northwestern Medicine-led study has identified mutations in the gene CEP76 as a new cause of ciliopathies, shedding light on a complex group of disorders that affect multiple body systems, according ...

Researchers used time-lapse imaging to analyse the heart cells with CCNA2 and saw that they began to divide successfully, keeping their structure and function and demonstrating normal protein and ...

In the fight against disease, programmed cell death – also known as apoptosis – is a key protective function of the body. It ...

Ion channels generate electrical impulses produced by living cells. Synthetic ion channels could serve as tools for ...

DnaK/DnaJ or Trigger factor and find that chaperone dependence during primary biogenesis in vivo does not track with ...

The Nobel Prize 2025 in Physiology or Medicine, science’s most coveted honour, will be announced today. The award recognizes researchers whose work has revolutionized our knowledge about the human ...

All fruits have healthy nutrients in them, but berries are especially rich in flavonoids, plant compounds that are thought to benefit and protect the brain. A specific type called anthocyanins has ...

Cell biology is a world of constant motion and hidden structures. Much of what we know about cells comes from decades of research using microscopes, stains, and models. Yet, even in this well-charted ...