Researchers in Göttingen, Germany, have elucidated the structure and function of otoferlin, a protein that plays a crucial ...

Scientists are hoping to treat diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's by influencing how cells make life-or-death ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture.

Ever wondered what happens when a cell meets a hypotonic solution? It’s all about water movement, and it can get pretty ...

Infrared vibrational spectroscopy at BESSY II can be used to create high-resolution maps of molecules inside live cells and ...

Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can ...

Some cells, such as immune cells, are highly mobile—they constantly remodel their shape, migrate toward a wound that needs to ...

Scientists say they are on the brink of creating a breakthrough treatment for multiple sclerosis which could repair nerve damage caused by the condition. MS causes the body to attack myelin, the ...

An international research team has mapped the millisecond-by-millisecond process by which nerve signals activate muscles, uncovering a previously unseen “primed” intermediate step.

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they observed tubes forming in brain cells to rid neurons of toxic small molecules, ...

Dane and Gayheart are parents of daughters Billie and Georgia. Eric Dane’s wife, Rebecca Gayheart, is opening up about their family’s reaction to Dane’s fight against ALS. Gayheart told People it has ...