The hemifusome is a tiny, membrane-bound organelle that functions as a recycling center inside cells. Its primary role seems to be in organizing and processing cellular cargo—materials essential ...

Our cells produce a variety of proteins, each with a specific role that, in many cases, means that they need to be in a ...

Like bees breathing life into gardens, providing pollen and making flowers blossom, little cellular machines called mitochondria breathe life into our bodies, buzzing with energy as they produce the ...

However, both the structure and function of this protein family have been debated within the scientific community, inhibiting efforts to understand its role in disease and develop effective ...

Researchers from Japan found that macro-heterogeneity (the presence of multiple cell types) and micro-heterogeneity ...

Cancer dysregulates the complex structure of tissues and internal cellular pathways. As a result, the immune system loses its ability to effectively target tumor cells. The immune system is made up of ...

In all eukaryotic cells, actin protein assembles to form a network of thin filaments that spread throughout the cell. The actin filaments give the cell its structure, enable the cell to move, and ...

Transplanted chloroplasts endured two days inside animal cells—and got to work ...