India, April 17 -- While many researchers view Rett syndrome as a uniform developmental disorder caused by a general loss of ...

A tiny antibody component could fundamentally transform the treatment of cystic fibrosis: For the first time, researchers ...

Cells are enveloped by a lipid membrane that gives them structure and provides a barrier between the cell and its environment.

The Human Organ Atlas gives an extremely detailed look at 56 human organs, scanned with the help of a particle accelerator.

Somewhere inside every human cell, a molecular alarm system watches for DNA that does not belong. When it spots a viral ...

Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism that helps prevent common skin cancers from becoming aggressive and metastatic. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

The Office of Undergraduate Research organizes the Symposium of Student Scholars twice per year, offering students a unique ...

Inside every cell, a cleanup operation runs around the clock. Proteins are constantly damaged by wear and tear. Some can be repaired, while others must be dismantled and recycled. When this system ...

Scientists are rethinking how to treat a widespread genetic cholesterol disorder by targeting particle production instead of ...

If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...

Their findings, recently reported in the journal Nature, overturn longstanding assumptions in developmental biology and could ...

This important study advances a new computational approach to measure and visualize gene expression specificity across different tissues and cell types. The framework is potentially helpful for ...