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 ...

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

Synthetic biologists from Yale were able to re-write the genetic code of an organism - a novel genomically recoded organism (GRO) with one stop codon - using a cellular platform that they developed ...

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

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 ...

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

Glycosylation is the process by which cells add sugar groups (also called carbohydrates) to proteins to modify their ...

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

RNA-based medicines are one of the most promising ways to fight human disease, as demonstrated by the recent successes of RNA ...