To sense their environment and respond accordingly, cells enlist membrane proteins as communication hubs, receiving molecular ...

In the crowded interior of a bacterial cell, location can be everything. A new study of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa reveals that a short molecular tether anchoring the cell’s m ...

Scientists at Scripps Research have engineered a synthetic protein capable of binding to Toll-like receptor 4 within the cell ...

Hello, I'm Scat.Last time, we thought about the state and quality of cells, starting from the question of what a "good cell" ...

Viruses come in two major flavors—not chocolate and vanilla, quips Harvard Medical School structural biologist Stephen ...

The Intracellular Quality Control Project at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science has identified a molecular ...

Membrane potential creates the foundational electrical charge difference that allows human brain cells to function and send ...

Scientists have often thought of cells as small, bustling cities with parts that resemble factories, power grids and shipping ...

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have determined how a molecule within cells can help tune the eyes' sensitivity to light ...

Engineered cell membranes help antibiotic carrying nanoparticles target drug resistant Gram negative bacteria, boosting ampicillin activity at far lower concentrations.