Ribosomes, the cell's protein-making factories, consume large amounts of energy as they build the proteins that keep cells alive and functioning. When cells experience stress—such as lack of nutrients ...

Marine animals, such as the extremely simple flatworm Trichoplax, are ideal model organisms for studying the early ...

Other cells, such as glial cells, support the function of neurons. Neuroscience has often painted glial cells as the glue ...

When HHMI Investigator Amita Sehgal started studying sleep 25 years ago, the topic elicited a yawn from most biologists. "In ...

The brain's ability to do everything from forming memories to coordinating movement relies on its cells producing the right proteins at the right time. But directly measuring this protein production, ...

A study on worms led by researchers from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in the US has uncovered a previously ...

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The protein "neurofilament light chain" (NfL) – studied in humans in the context of neurodegenerative diseases and aging – is ...

The Johns Hopkins-created maps provide higher resolution and better coverage of gray matter than previously published maps, ...

Innovations in imaging and genetic engineering are coming together to probe the biophysics of cytoplasm inside living animals.

Monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL) is when you have a high number of identical B cells, under 5,000 per microliter, for at least 3 months. It usually causes no symptoms or need for active treatment ...