Individual mammalian cells contain billions of protein molecules, which must be synthesized, deployed, and removed with ...

A new LUMC study has changed our understanding of how cells work. Researchers have discovered that the CFAP20 protein acts as ...

To stay healthy, our cells rely on a self-cleaning mechanism that removes defective or unnecessary components. This process, ...

The protein called intelectin-2 plays another important role by reinforcing the protective mucus layer that lines the ...

Inside the race to turn one of cell biology’s least understood processes into a new foundation for drug development and ...

The average human cell contains roughly 10,000 different proteins. Existing as several to millions of copies in each cell, proteins mediate all manner of tasks, including chemical transformations, ...

Researchers at the University of Geneva mapped how hundreds of lipids are transported inside cells, revealing that each lipid ...

One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease is the clumping of proteins called Tau, which form tangled fibrils in the brain.

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Our bodies response to invading pathogens through different mechanisms of the immune system. Innate immunity first detects disease and relays a defense signal to activate the second wave of immune ...

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed a method to help cancer immunotherapies reach ...