Cells are not immortal, and that is a good thing. After a certain number of divisions, many human cells stop multiplying for ...

Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...

An international research team involving the German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ), Hannover ...

Gastric (stomach) cancer remains one of the most common and deadly cancers in East Asia, including Korea. Yet despite its ...

A study from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), published in Nature Communications, reveals how ...

Scientists have discovered that T cell receptors activate through a hidden spring-like motion that had never been seen before ...

Tears seem simple, but the tiny glands that produce them are among the least understood organs in the human body. By growing ...

Ribosomes—the tiny factories that build proteins in our cells—don't all work with the same efficiency. Researchers from Japan have discovered that ...

Scientists have identified a small flaw in the enzyme GPX4 that prevents neurons from defending themselves. This mutation, ...

One of the most exciting advances in cancer treatments in the past decade is the development of T cell immunotherapies, in which a patient's own immune system is trained to recognize and attack ...

Seals give birth only when conditions are right. After mating, a female seal can delay implantation of the embryo in the ...