A research team of the University Medical Center Mainz has succeeded in observing for the first time how G protein-coupled ...

To stay healthy, our cells rely on a self-cleaning mechanism that removes defective or unnecessary components. This process, ...

Metabolism, far from being just a housekeeping function, underlies all changes in cell size and function ...

A faulty ion channel function is a consistent biological feature of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ...

The discovery that tissues use electricity to expel unhealthy cells is part of a surge of renewed interest in the currents ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease characterized by nerve damage and consequent impairments in vision, ...

ABSTRACT: Pain is the body’s alarm system for potentially harmful stimuli in the environment. The nociceptive process allows us to detect these stimuli through specific neurons called nociceptors.

Study proposes a framework linking genes, metabolism and environment in autism — and may point to new ways to prevent or treat symptoms A new University of California San Diego School of Medicine ...

In developing epithelia, cells become planar polarised through asymmetric localisation of the core planar polarity proteins to opposite cell membranes, where they form stable intercellular complexes.

ABSTRACT: Chemotaxis is the directed movement of cells or organisms in response to a chemical gradient. This process is critical in many biological systems. In the context of cancer, chemotaxis plays ...