Research into cell cycle regulation and size control in microorganisms has yielded a nuanced understanding of how these entities maintain homeostasis and synchronise growth with division. In both ...

Plants are under constant stress due to pathogens, heat, or other environmental factors. Proteins can become damaged as a ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Alternative splicing—the way cells edit gene messages—forms a second, independent layer of ...

On Wednesday afternoon, Haifan Lin, the director of the Yale Stem Cell Center, discussed his innovative research findings in stem cell gene expression and regulation at Brown’s 2025 Mac V. Edds ...

Researchers have built a platform that programs short DNA fragments inside living cells to control protein activity, all without editing or altering the cell’s genome. The system, published in Nature ...

The olfactory system is essential for most animals: it supports postnatal survival, detects environmental hazards and mediates emotional, social and nutritional behaviors.

Stem cells in most organisms typically take cues from adjacent cells. But new research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research has found that stem cells in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea ...

Astrocytes, once thought to be mere brain “support cells,” are now revealed to be key players in fear memory. Researchers found they actively help form, recall, and weaken fear responses by ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have identified molecular pathways controlled by the protein RhoA in club cells—a ...

For decades, depression has been explained to patients as a “chemical imbalance” in the brain, a vague phrase that never ...