A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to the function of motile cilia, the hair-like structures extending from the ...

Improvements in public health have allowed humankind to survive to older ages than ever before, but, for many people, these ...

Human cells are extremely small and tightly packed – at about 20 micrometers across, ...

A Scripps team has adapted advanced imaging and computation to measure cell membrane thickness inside intact animal and yeast ...

New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

Vaults are mysterious cellular structures that can be genetically engineered to store information about a cell’s history.

In a major leap forward for genetic and biomedical research, scientists have developed a powerful new artificial intelligence tool that can predict the 3D shape of chromosomes inside individual cells ...

The body's cells respond to stress -- toxins, mutations, starvation or other assaults -- by pausing normal functions to focus on conserving energy, repairing damaged components and boosting defenses.

The virus that causes COVID-19 can alter the genomic structure of cells, which may explain the immunological symptoms that someone experiences from an infection, according to a new study from ...