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Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

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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 ...

While prokaryotic cells do not have membrane-bound structures, they do have distinct cellular regions (Figure 1). In prokaryotic cells, DNA bundles together in a region called the nucleoid. Primitive ...

IP is a general-purpose IP that provides connectivity between a DDR3 memory Controller (MC) and the DDR3 memory devices compliant with JESD79-3 specification. The DDR3 PHY IP provides the Industry ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells ... finger-like "villi" structures that line the small intestine or the "crypts" between the protruding villi.

But filopodia can also wreak havoc: metastatic cancer cells use them to invade new regions of the body. Filopodia are composed of hexagonal bundles of proteins that give them structure and strength.