Using patient-derived cells and advanced imaging, researchers showed that RPGR mutations disrupt cilia coordination and ...

A new Review reveals how aging can push the immune system into a paradoxical state, weaker against threats yet more prone to attacking the body’s own tissues.

Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have uncovered how mutations in a specific gene can trigger a rare respiratory disease, shedding light on the critical role ...

In living systems, the orchestration of shape, function, and adaptation emerges from components that are not themselves alive ...

The heart begins to age from the moment of birth. A new study using the largest cardiac gene map ever assembled has confirmed ...

Until recently, scientists have not fully understood exactly how cells sense and use nutrients to support mitochondrial ...

Childhood trauma may permanently alter how mitochondria produce energy, potentially accelerating cellular aging and ...

How large, fully folded proteins can pass through cell membranes without destroying them has long been one of the open questions in cell biology. Using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), Leonid ...

Not all fats affect your body the same way. Researchers found that palmitic acid, a saturated fat common in many foods, may ...

The cells lining skin capillaries are constantly sending each other messages—tiny pulses of calcium that help regulate blood flow, sense physical forces and keep vessel walls intact. Scientists have ...