By varying the size of their steps, dynein motor proteins work effectively as teams to carry heavy loads around the cell.
By varying the size of their steps, dynein motor proteins work effectively as teams to carry heavy loads around the cell.
Rodents and fruit flies appear to be able to sense nutrients even when they can’t taste the food they’re eating. Now, researchers are trying to figure out how.
Researchers develop two small molecules that slow the growth of human cancer cells.
Satellites of the Golgi apparatus generate the microtubules used to grow outer dendrite branches in Drosophila neurons.
Histone acetylation levels keep intracellular pH in check.
Microarrays help keep induced pluripotent stem cell lines in check, from start to finish.
Flies turning blue help researchers link the deterioration of the intestinal barrier to age-related death.
Nanoparticles coated with a toxin found in bee venom can destroy HIV while leaving surrounding cells intact.
A large genome-wide study has identified four single-nucleotide polymorphisms shared between five major psychiatric disorders.
Normal proteins with regions resembling disease-causing prions are responsible for an inherited disorder that affects the brain, muscle, and bone.