Cell membrane integrity is vital for the survival and function of tissues across biological systems. The rapid repair of membrane disruptions is mediated by specialised mechanisms that mobilise ...

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

Cancer cells have softer membranes than healthy cells. New nanoparticles exploit this physical difference to fuse selectively ...

These include stress granules and proteasome storage granules (PSGs). In the past, these membraneless organelles were only visible as “droplets” using a fluorescence microscope. Now, researchers from ...

Cells do more than carry out chemical reactions. New theoretical work suggests they may also generate usable electrical ...

Scientists have long known that cellular membranes vary in thickness, but measuring those differences inside actual cells has ...

Cells organize their molecules into distinct functional areas. While textbooks usually refer to membrane-bound organelles ...

In every living cell, there are membranes—and in every membrane there are proteins, each of which acts as a chemical gatekeeper. Rather than passively letting ions pass in and out of the cell, these ...

Platelets are small, anucleate blood cells that play an essential role in hemostasis. Their primary task is to recognize vascular injury, become activated, and aggregate via their surface receptor ...

Knowing which lysosomal proteins are enriched in which brain cell types will help better understand contribution to neurological disorders.