For years, biomolecular condensates were thought to be simple, liquid-like droplets with little internal organization. New ...

Researchers have found hundreds of metabolic enzymes attached to human DNA inside the cell nucleus. Different tissues and cancers show unique patterns of these enzymes, forming a “nuclear metabolic ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First discovered in 1986, vaults are mysterious organelles whose exact functions still remain unknown. Now, researchers themselves ...

In a new study published in Nature, University of Minnesota researchers have found that the Marburg virus, one of the world's ...

The human body has always been crowded with microscopic passengers, from bacteria to viruses and fungi. Over the past two years, however, researchers have started to realize that this familiar cast ...

Hair may grow in a completely different way than scientists once believed. Instead of being pushed out from the root, new ...

Every human born on this planet is not entirely themselves. A tiny fraction of our cells – around one in a million – is actually not our own, but comes from our mothers. That means each of us has ...

The study found that flu viruses need bigger bulges on the cell’s surface to get inside. These bulges are made from actin, a protein that helps shape the cell, and they weren’t stopped by certain ...