The hippocampus is an important brain region known to support various cognitive (i.e., mental) processes, including the encoding and retrieval of memories, learning, decision-making and the regulation ...

Harvard scientists studying the molecular structure of cells under obesity-related stress have spotted alterations in the architecture that can be patched up, with "striking" results that restore ...

Understanding how biological structures fit together in a cell is key to understanding how organisms function.

Researchers have developed artificial cell-like structures using inorganic matter that autonomously ingest, process, and push out material - recreating an essential function of living cells.

Our cells produce a variety of proteins, each with a specific role that, in many cases, means that they need to be in a ...

MP, which was found to play a critical role in upholding mitochondrial structure and regulating metabolic stress in mouse fat cells.

Lipids are difficult to detect with light microscopy. Using a new chemical labeling strategy, a Dresden-based team led by André Nadler at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and ...

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, November 5, 2024 / EINPresswire.com / -- From the Course: Muscle Cell Structure and Function - Additional Study Aids: Motor Unit MUSCLE CELLS (Definition): - Muscle ...

Researchers from Japan found that macro-heterogeneity (the presence of multiple cell types) and micro-heterogeneity ...

Understanding cell structure and function As imaging methods and workflows improve, researchers will be able to tackle some key questions in cell biology with different strategies.