Pore-forming proteins are found throughout nature. In humans, they play key roles in immune defense, while in bacteria they often act as toxins that ...

Research led by the University of Auckland has cast light on the evolutionary origins of one of nature's first motors, which ...

A database, collecting and classifying tile-like patterns in biology, aims to be a resource and research catalyst. The human ...

Bacterial spores—the hardy survival structures formed by certain bacterial species—are proving to be a game changer in the ...

The study presents important insights into the regulation of muscle hypertrophy, regulated by Muscle Ankyrin Repeat Proteins (MARPs) and mTOR. The methods are overall solid and complementary, with ...

In a town on the shores of Lake Geneva sit clumps of living human brain cells for hire. These blobs, about the size of a ...

Janelia researchers have uncovered a novel way that two of the structures inside cells-the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and ...