Scientists have developed a new class of microscopic antibody fragments capable of functioning inside human cells, overcoming a long-standing limitation in biomedical science.

Proteins, one of the smallest building blocks of life on Earth, hold promise for answering some of biology's biggest ...

New UC Riverside-led research suggests Alzheimer’s arises not simply from plaques forming in the brain, as is widely believed ...

A newly identified role for the neuronal MPS shows it controls nutrient uptake by acting as a gatekeeper. Its disruption ...

When someone gets a bad infection, the body's immune system rushes in to fight the germs. But sometimes this defense system ...

A simulated cell in the early stages of division. Left half shows membrane (green cubes), and ribosomes (yellow/purple) ...

New research shows how the Mediterranean diet supports healthy aging by boosting protective proteins inside your cells.

Once considered cellular junk, non-coding RNAs are emerging as key players in everything from brain development to cancer — ...

A team at UT Southwestern Medical Center has identified a structural trick that lets viruses translate their genetic code inside human cells, even when that code is riddled with “bad” codons the host ...

Cell membranes protect and organize cells. All cells have an outer plasma membrane that regulates not only what enters the cell, but also how much of any given substance comes in. Unlike prokaryotes, ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in how people interact or ...