The success of in vitro fertilization depends on many factors, one of which is sperm viability. A recent study from the ...

Scientists in The Wistar Institute lab of David B. Weiner, Ph.D., have described a next-generation vaccination technology ...

It is becoming increasingly clear that studying the role of glycans will provide a detailed view into the basic functions of a cell and help developing the next generation of diagnostics and ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For ...

Glycans on the viral envelope often have a crucial role in enabling an efficient transmission of the pathogen and/or entry into its susceptible target cells. Moreover, it has been shown that the ...

Two new landmark studies show how a seeming tangle of DNA is actually organized into a structure that coordinates thousands of genes to form a sperm cell. The work, published March 3 as two papers ...

all the way down to the level of the atoms that make up a single DNA base. The human body contains about 100 trillion cells, each working together in a complex symphony of interactions.

Cell division is the mechanism by which DNA is passed from one generation of cells to the next and ultimately, from parent organisms to their offspring. Although eukaryotes and prokaryotes both ...

Our cells harbor a DNA detector termed cGAS to inform the immune system of viral and bacterial infections, cell death, as ...

Galactosides are a type of glycan found in plants, animals, and microorganisms. For example, galactosides are present in plant cell walls and in certain types of beneficial sugars known as ...