Just as life pulsates in big vibrant cities, it also prospers in crowded environments inside cells. The interior of cells is ...

Some bits of the resultant anatomy are body parts but not organs—arms, say. Organs are, for the most part, the bits where ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

A never-before-seen tubes inside bacteria may hold the key to protecting oranges, lemons, and limes from the damaging citrus ...

The research is opening new frontiers in pest control and evolutionary biology. An international group of scientists has uncovered a strange tubular structure within Profftella, a bacterium that lives ...

Aquaglyceroporin Aqp10, a protein channel for water and glycerol, selectively permeates urea and boric acid due to its unique ...

Inherited metabolic diseases are rare monogenic conditions that disrupt biochemical pathways, affecting energy production and ...

This work presents valuable new data on the role of D-Serine and how it competes with its stereoisomer L-Serine to influence metabolism. The work presents a variety of solid experimental data combined ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 700 million people worldwide and is caused by genetic and environmental factors, as well as existing medical conditions. Known genetic risk factors for ...

AUBURN, Alabama — The Auburn University Board of Trustees has given the first level of approval for the addition of a new state-of-the-art videoboard in the north end zone of Jordan-Hare Stadium. The ...

Pericytes are cells that wrap around the endothelial cells that line the capillaries and venules throughout the body. They are located in the basement membrane which allows them to communicate very ...