Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...

Despite its compact structure—composed of only three amino acids—this endogenous tripeptide has been repeatedly situated at ...

Ajit Prakash is a postdoctoral researcher in biochemist Sharon Campbell’s group at the University of North Carolina at Chapel ...

Cells are enveloped by a lipid membrane that gives them structure and provides a barrier between the cell and its environment.

Study in mice suggests that B cells help regulate muscle performance. Immune cells that help to fight off foreign invaders in ...

A macrophage that has already fought off one infection does not return to a blank slate. It carries chemical scars, etched ...

Mars was long considered an inhospitable planet characterized by extremely cold temperatures and constant bombardment by ...

As we age, stem cells responsible for maintaining our blood and immune systems gradually lose their resilience, but why this happens has remained unclear. A novel study from Japan and the US turns the ...

Scientists are rethinking how to treat a widespread genetic cholesterol disorder by targeting particle production instead of ...

Their findings, recently reported in the journal Nature, overturn longstanding assumptions in developmental biology and could ...

Dozens of new discoveries reveal that defenses evolved by bacteria and viruses billions of years ago still define our own ...