In a breakthrough for influenza research, scientists have discovered immune cells that can recognize influenza (flu) viruses ...

Research has shed light on the intricate mechanisms of insulin production in fruit flies, revealing surprising parallels with ...

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

The physiological power and biological value of brain-derived neurotrophic factor is so significant that it is often referred ...

New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in ...

Across the tree of life, human activities are accelerating declines in biological species diversity, from deserts to oceans ...

Rice lab pioneers an assembly kit for synthetic sense-and-respond circuits in human cells. Rice University bioengineers have ...

The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...

Synthetic biologists from Yale were able to re-write the genetic code of an organism—a novel genomically recoded organism ...

World-renowned stem cell scientists will gather in Kyoto, Japan for the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) ...

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep space will make us sick.