New research challenges the view that proteins are the only key to evolution, highlighting the importance of lipids.

Nature has developed a unique structure as a scaffold for almost all nerve cells: the membrane-associated periodic skeleton ...

Cell crowding causes high-grade breast cancer cells to become more invasive by activating a molecular switch that causes the cells to shrink and spread.

A new study shows that dysfunction of lysosomes can cause leakage of toxic substances within brain cells, contributing to ...

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

The risk of cancer goes up with age, in part because aging impedes the body's ability to detect and destroy cells with ...

While a comprehensive cure-all to these neurological conditions is unlikely, scientists are making headway into understanding their fundamental characteristics with the hope of preventing or ...

Mice fed a low vitamin K diet had lower vitamin K levels in the brain and had poorer cognitive function compared to mice ...

Researchers have made a major breakthrough that could transform IV medications into oral treatments for diseases like brain ...

Lipids in cell membranes regulate the activity of a cancer-linked protein, cell biologists at RIKEN have discovered. This ...

Evidence suggests that in Parkinson’s disease, a breakdown in lysosomal function allows lipids to build up within cells. Variants of the GBA1 gene, the strongest genetic risk factor for sporadic PD, ...

After more than five decades of mystery, scientists have finally unveiled the detailed structure and function of a ...