Randomness inside cells can decide whether a cancer returns after chemotherapy or whether an infection survives antibiotics. Even cells with the same DNA can act differently because their molecules ...

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...

Calcium (Ca2+) drives many cellular functions, though the way it controls quality of proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum ...

Researchers from Kyushu University have developed an innovative computational method, called ddHodge, that can reconstruct ...

RNA is usually portrayed as a molecule that works deep inside the cell, helping to turn genetic information into proteins.

Long before a liver tumor appears, a high-fat diet can push liver cells into a risky survival mode. That is the central ...

The study's main contributors include (L-R) graduate student Joshua Shaffer, professor Upasna Sharma, and postdoc Alka Gupta. (Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta) The pioneering research of UC Santa Cruz’s ...

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...

T his past year, we explored a lot of new cell biology research—from cancer to plants to microbes, and more! It’s hard to ...