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

BACKGROUND: The disruption of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a central pathogenic event in many central nervous system disorders. However, the mechanisms regulating BBB function remain incompletely ...

Adaptor protein (AP) complexes play central roles in intracellular vesicular trafficking by coupling cargo selection to ...

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

Three Ohio State researchers earned the NAI fellow, the highest distinction awarded to inventors for their work in various fields. Dehua Pei, a professor in chemistry and biochemistry, was elected to ...

Cancer cells have softer membranes than healthy cells. New nanoparticles exploit this physical difference to fuse selectively with tumors and deliver mRNA therapy with minimal off-target effects.

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

When our body fights an infection, the immune system must quickly activate defenses and trigger a beneficial inflammatory ...

Small shifts toward whole foods may support better mental and emotional well-being.

The automotive fuel cell market sees opportunities in government mandates for decarbonization, fiscal policies for hydrogen ...

University of Toronto researchers have expanded our understanding of bacterial immunity with the discovery of a new protein ...

Svenja Kling is a fifth-year PhD student studying marine biology at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Kling ...