Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

In a bid to better understand how cancer cells power their explosive growth and spread, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have shed new light on the location and function of ...

When a cell receives a message from outside, it generates a molecule called cyclic AMP (cAMP) to relay this message. To ensure the signal reaches the correct effector without triggering pathways ...

Tiny particles made from the membranes of human immune cells could offer a promising new way to fight fungal infections that ...

Researchers shifted the focus to the internal properties of the membrane itself, specifically its viscosity, highlighting its critical role in controlling deformation and dynamics during essential ...

Researchers led by scientists at Rice University have developed an experimental cancer treatment that destroys cancer cells ...

The mitochondria (center) is part of the cell machinery. (SciePro/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) To properly understand aging, we have to understand what is slowly unravelling in individual cells ...

IMDEA Materials Institute has developed mechanically tunable hydrogel membranes that closely mimic the mechanical environment ...

Neurons in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients are being destroyed from the inside before the disease’s signature plaques ever ...

Amniotic membrane has been in clinical use in ophthalmology for more than half a century. The histological nature of the ...