Whether your holiday table has turkey or Tofurky this year, you’re consuming a combination of proteins, fats and water.

Infrared vibrational spectroscopy at BESSY II can be used to create high-resolution maps of molecules inside live cells and ...

The team used human stem cells to create embryo-like structures dubbed “hematoids” that mirror some features of early human ...

Biomedical research often requires the use of biological models, and rodents are a common choice for many investigators. But researchers may have just made it easier for investigators to switch to an ...

MIT scientists have developed a new 3D human brain tissue model that could change how researchers study neurological diseases ...

As age increases, the pancreas changes, which increases the risk of metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, digestive ...

Salmonella, a well-known food-borne bacterium, uses protein "staples" to restructure the shape of the gut cells it invades, forcing these cells to flow around the bacteria and engulf them, ...

Previously, stem cells have been cultivated using animal proteins or by growing them from other human cells. Both methods come with associated problems. But, according to a study published in the ...

Organs in animals and in humans have one thing in common: they are bounded by so-called epithelial cells. Researchers at the Institute of Animal Physiology at the University of Munster have found out ...