A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, Ph.D., and Travis E. Faust, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, explains how two different ...
By learning to adjust these biological “brakes” with precision, medicine is entering a new era. Treatments inspired by these ...
Shimon Sakaguchi discovered T-reg immune cells. Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell identified the cells’ role in autoimmune disease.
Inside nearly every cell of your body, the tiny F1 motor works non-stop to create adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the universal ...
Just like in yeast and animal cells, vacuoles in plants are responsible for breaking down unwanted cellular components. At ...
Can you escape your genetic inheritance, and do lifestyle changes actually make a difference? Daniel Cossins set out to ...
For patients with inflammatory bowel disease, antibiotics can be a double-edged sword. The broad-spectrum drugs often ...
This important study identifies a putative iron and zinc transporter in the plasma membrane of the obligate intracellular pathogen, Toxoplasma gondii. Using an array of different approaches, the ...
The nano-sized messenger cells are hailed for their rejuvenating power—including signaling to the body when to make more ...
Scientists discover nuclei aren’t the densest part of the cell. Optical imaging shows a surprising balance that may even ...