The amount of any given protein in a cell has to be controlled to keep its levels within a range required for healthy ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

A team led by scientists at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Broad Institute of MIT and ...

A new, highly potent class of immunotherapeutics with unique Velcro-like binding properties can kill diverse cancer types ...

Replacing immune cells called microglia holds promise for addressing brain conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.

They derive their energy from differences in the concentration of hydrogen ions across some of these membranes ...

Every new life begins after a genetic shuffle. When organisms make eggs or sperm, maternal and paternal chromosomes pair up ...

A collaborative French-Swiss study reveals a previously unknown role for astrocytes in the brain's information processing.