For decades, depression has been explained to patients as a “chemical imbalance” in the brain, a vague phrase that never ...

Years before he conducted the research that would earn him a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, Shinya Yamanaka, MD, ...

Human cells adjust to ever-changing conditions while preserving internal states necessary for survival, but exactly how they ...

A Moffitt Cancer Center researcher has introduced a new model that addresses one of biology's most fundamental questions: How does genetic information keep living systems organized and therefore alive ...

Single-cell analysis is a ubiquitous laboratory technique that allows researchers to probe the myriad biomolecular states of cells. Single-cell assays can reveal gene and protein expression patterns, ...

Our cells adjust to ever-changing conditions while preserving internal states necessary for survival, but exactly how they ...

Microtubules are dynamic, tubular polymers composed of αβ-tubulin dimers that form an essential framework within eukaryotic cells. They orchestrate a wide range of cellular functions including ...

Diets and healthy eating habits hold promise for preventing and treating diseases, but far less is known about acute effects ...

Illustration of human lymphocytes. (Ruslanas Baranauskas/Science Photo Library) Defeating obesity is rarely easy. For many ...

The emergence of neuropsychiatric disorders, conditions that affect various brain functions and behaviors, is known to be ...

When oil is dropped in water, the oil droplets stay separate. Cells can also use a system like this to separate or gather materials, encouraging various reactions and processes to occur. Scientists ...