When oil is dropped in water, the oil droplets stay separate. Cells can also use a system like this to separate or gather ...

The Hemifusome: A Cellular Recycling Center The hemifusome is a tiny, membrane-bound organelle that functions as a recycling center inside cells. Its primary role seems to be in organizing and ...

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

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to the function of motile cilia, the hair-like structures extending from the ...

Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators have for the first time created human intestinal organoids that include ...

Temporarily disabling a protein complex that organizes DNA into loops inside the cell's nucleus drastically disrupted the ...

Before a cell can divide, it has to precisely duplicate its entire genetic information. However, the DNA in the cell exists ...