The Hemifusome: A Cellular Recycling Center The hemifusome is a tiny, membrane-bound organelle that functions as a recycling center inside cells. Its primary role seems to be in organizing and ...

A largely overlooked structure inside our cells may play a crucial role in how the brain forms, offering new insight into ...

The research is focused on red blood cells, the cells in the ocular lens and cells in the musculoskeletal system. "We're trying to understand the locations of F-actin structures [inside the cells], ...

When oil is dropped in water, the oil droplets stay separate. Cells can also use a system like this to separate or gather materials, encouraging various reactions and processes to occur. Scientists ...

That means researchers can now use it to better understand how genes function, how diseases start and how to design better treatments. "Every single cell can have a different chromosome structure," ...

The primary cilium acts as a specialized protein factory essential for brain development and linked to Filippi syndrome.

A Moffitt Cancer Center researcher has introduced a new model that addresses one of biology's most fundamental questions: How ...

In mouse brain cells, and in follow-up work involving worms and human cortical neurons, the team found that many axons ...