Lysosomes, often reductively referred to as the "garbage disposals" of cells, play a pivotal role in our cells' digestive ...

The team also ran experiments to confirm that the protein is essential for moving fats out of lysosomes and that certain parts of Spns1 are crucial for its function.

Kanazawa University, report in Nature Communications how the targeted suppression of lysosome function may lead to brain cancer therapy.

What do cells do when they are “hungry”? Eukaryotic cells cope with starving conditions by eating their own components, a process called autophagy. Aa Aa Aa Normally, when you are hungry you ...

Glutamate, a key neurotransmitter involved in brain function, plays a crucial role in processes such as mood regulation and memory formation. However, research has also linked glutamate to the toxic ...

MSD has agreed to pay up to $610 million to acquire Caraway Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Massachusetts biotech focusing on neurodegenerative disorders and rare diseases. The big pharma, known as ...

Four University of Iowa faculty members have been named 2024 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of ...

Cells have extensive sets of intracellular membranes, which together compose the endomembrane system. The endomembrane system was first discovered in the late 1800s when scientist Camillo Golgi ...