Bacteria that live peacefully in the human gut can aim molecular syringes at intestinal cells and fire proteins directly into ...

Plant immunity research has undergone a transformative shift with the advent of spatial and single-cell technologies, ...

At first glance, bat sea stars, the nubbly, orange, many-footed creatures often found on the seafloor, seem about as far from humans as one can get. Appearances can be deceiving, however. Scientists ...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced naturally during cellular metabolism often cause oxidative damage to cells. However, these molecules also play an important role in normal cellular signaling.

To function normally, nearly every cell in the human body relies on G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) to receive and send ...

Too much fat can be unhealthy: how fat cells, so-called adipocytes, develop, is crucial for the function of the fat tissue. That is why a team led by researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB ...

Full-body defense does not always look the way textbooks say it should. In planarian flatworms, a newly identified cell type ...

Omaveloxolone (approved for Friedreich's ataxia) may help protect cells from stress and correct underlying dysfunction in SMA ...

Before a seedling reaches light, it must grow through darkness with speed and precision. A new tomato study reveals how this ...

Type 1 diabetes is widely understood as an autoimmune disease, with the immune system attacking the insulin-producing beta ...