Evidence suggests that in Parkinson’s disease, a breakdown in lysosomal function allows lipids to build up within cells. Variants of the GBA1 gene, the strongest genetic risk factor for sporadic PD, ...

During morphogenesis—the process by which living organisms take shape—cells collectively position themselves in specific ways ...

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered how adult stem cells retain their regenerative power.

In a breakthrough with promising real-world applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers, and plant biologists ...

Complex protein interactions at synapses are essential for memory formation in our brains, but the mechanisms behind these processes remain poorly understood. Now, researchers have developed a ...

In biology, one of them concerns how simple cells (prokaryotes), such as bacteria, gave rise to complex cells (eukaryotes), necessary for the development of multicellular organisms, two billion years ...

Dissecting the molecular mechanisms controlling Golgi polarisation during cell migration is a highly complex but fundamental issue in cell biology and the author may have identified one important key ...

An artist’s depiction of an Asgard archaeon, based on cryo-electron tomography data: the cell body and appendages feature thread-like skeletal structures, similar to those found in complex cells with ...

"They appear to form the skeleton for the complex cell architecture of Asgard archaea," adds Florian Wollweber. In addition to actin filaments, eukaryotes also possess microtubules. These tube-shaped ...