The trillions of cells that make up our skeleton age too, and some change in ways that weaken the very structure of our bones. Aging and stress can induce cellular senescence in osteocytes ...

In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls allow plants ... have specialized functions, and plant cells ...

A new study found that a gene recently recognized as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease is actually a cause of it, due to its previously unknown secondary function that triggers a pathway that ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the Cryptosporidium parasite exports a protein into infected ...

Scripps Research team offers insights that could aid development of phage therapies against Mycobacteria The pathogens which ...

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria allows us ...

Scientists apply principles of math and physics to unravel the mystery of how the endoplasmic reticulum, an organelle vital ...

Jerry Workman, Ph.D., an Investigator at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences—one of the highest honors awarded to scientists in the United ...

The trillions of cells that make up our skeleton age too, and some change in ways that weaken the very structure of our bones. Scientists and researchers around the globe are investigating a ...

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Vitamin D is involved in so many bodily functions ... This wall is composed of intestinal cells and proteins called tight junctions that act like bricks sealing these cells together. Tight junctions ...