When a cell receives a message from outside, it generates a molecule called cyclic AMP (cAMP) to relay this message. To ...

Unlike our organs, cell organelles such as mitochondria are not fixed in place, but when, where, how, and why organelles move ...

Researchers have developed a theoretical framework that shows how living cell membranes can generate electricity from ...

Dynamin is a protein that plays a central role in endocytosis—the process where cells internalize substances by wrapping them ...

Located at the cellular interface, membrane proteins play critical regulatory roles in the signaling between a cell and its interacting environment, making them popular and ideal drug targets.

Cells may generate their own electrical signals through microscopic membrane motions. Researchers show that active molecular ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a protein that causes human cell membranes to break open in a ...

Scientists have discovered that T cell receptors activate through a hidden spring-like motion that had never been seen before ...

A hidden “jack-in-the-box” mechanism inside T cells may hold the key to unlocking more powerful cancer immunotherapies.

They observe how a Parkinson's protein pierces neuronal membranes, revealing a gradual attack that could open up new ...