A research team led by Prof. Ben Ko Chi-bun, Associate Professor of the PolyU Department of Applied Biology and Chemical ...

Researchers at Umeå University have discovered that the microscopic "bubbles" released by bacteria in our body do not just ...

New work shows that physical folding of the genome to control genes located far away may have been an early evolutionary ...

Cellular membrane proteins play many important roles throughout the body, including transporting substances in and out of the cell, transmitting signals, speeding up reactions and helping neighboring ...

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 ...

NASA's AVATAR study will send Emulate organ chips containing human cells on the Artemis II mission to study how deep space ...

Several scientific studies suggest that resistance training has unique benefits in controlling obesity that go beyond what aerobic exercise, like walking, cycling alone, can do ...