Scientists have discovered a protein that enables bacteria to shut down into dormant spores under extreme conditions. The ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...

Researchers have identified a previously unknown bacterial protein, the structure of which is being used in the design of protein nanoparticles for the targeted delivery of anticancer drugs to tumors.

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

Autoimmune diseases, which are estimated to affect more than 15 million people in the U.S., occur when the body responds to immune-system false alarms, and infection-fighting first responders are sent ...

With clinical trials results trickling in, “antiaging” drugs that clear away senescent cells are proving to be promising — ...

Natural "off switch" could slow or even reverse the growth of aggressive tumors.

Waste is everywhere. All the cities in the world invariably produce sewage sludge — the thick, organic mess left over from ...

Scientists have discovered how cells initiate waste recycling and form ‘garbage bags,’ a crucial process for health. This ...

A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which ...

A Japanese research team found that the oxidized form of glutathione (GSSG) may protect heart tissue by modifying a key ...

A research team at Kumamoto University has developed a deep learning-based method for analyzing the cytoskeleton—the structural framework inside cells—more accurately and efficiently than ever before.