Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered that an immunosuppressive drug affects microglia, the resident immune ...

Studies have shown that in ALS patients, microtubules—which are the major component of the cell cytoskeleton and serve as tracks for transporting components from cell bodies to neuronal ...

Although DNA is tightly packed and safeguarded within the cell nucleus, it remains continually at risk of damage from normal ...

DNA, though tightly packed in the nucleus, is constantly threatened by damage from metabolism and external stressors. One particularly severe form of DNA damage is the so-called DNA–protein crosslinks ...

If severe DNA damage is not repaired, the consequences for the health of cells and tissues are dramatic. A study led by ...