Cells manage a wide range of functions in their tiny package — growing, moving, housekeeping, and so on — and most of those functions require energy. But how do cells get this energy in the first ...

Researchers discovered that declining levels of phosphatidylcholine may be a major cause of age-related mitochondrial ...

Methylation is a process that influences how much fatigue you may feel. Here is what it actually means and why it is ...

Inside every human cell, a tiny structure called a lysosome acts like a recycling center, breaking down toxic waste, clearing ...

When people think about health, they often focus on specific organs like the heart or brain. But many changes related to chronic conditions or ageing begin in the smallest units of your body — your ...

Microtubules perform an active role in communication within the cell by transmitting received signals to the cell's functional units. Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the Department ...

Engineered fluorescent nanobodies that work inside living cells can label multiple proteins in different colors at once, ...

A team of researchers led by Dr. Kim V. Narry, director of the Center for RNA Research at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), has uncovered a key cellular mechanism that affects the function of ...

Biomolecular condensates were long believed to be simple liquid blobs inside cells. Researchers have now uncovered that some are actually supported by fine protein filaments forming an internal ...

Snoring is not just a symptom of obstructive sleep apnea—it may also contribute to the disease. Researchers at Umeå ...