By Toby Amidor, MS, RD Celebrities like Justin Bieber and Joe Rogan have reported tryiung NAD+, which has been touted for ...

Janelia researchers have uncovered a novel way that two of the structures inside cells—the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and ...

When exposed to cold, the human body quickly switches into survival mode. It prioritizes heat retention and protecting vital ...

Lipids are essential components of cellular membranes, contributing to the basic structure and function. The most common lipids in membranes are phospholipids, which form a bilayer with hydrophilic ...

Cellular membrane proteins play many important roles throughout the body, including transporting substances in and out of the cell, transmitting signals, speeding up reactions and helping neighboring ...

Kanazawa University, report in ACS Applied Nano Materials a new method to precisely measure nuclear elasticity—the stiffness ...

Leucine powers up the body’s energy engines by protecting the proteins that keep mitochondria running strong. Credit: Shutterstock. Scientists have discovered how the amino acid ...

Lipid bilayers in mammalian membranes can have a more asymmetric composition than previously thought, new research shows. This lipid abundance asymmetry is enabled by the unique properties of ...

When pathogens enter our cells as part of an infection, our body will trigger a programmed cell death known as "pyroptosis" ...

Researchers at Göttingen Campus, Germany, have succeeded for the first time in examining the tiny synapses in the inner ...

Brain cell signals travel along axons, the thin wire-like extensions of neurons, moving signals along the membrane in a pearl-like shape.