Researchers have discovered how unstructured segments of surface proteins regulate the biological function of a cell. Their ...

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," which enables researchers to better understand how human cells function and ...

The amount of any given protein in a cell has to be controlled to keep its levels within a range required for healthy ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in DNA's shape have an important influence on gene activity and energy production.

A study published in Nature Communications describes how lymphatic endothelial cells assist in generating robust immune ...

I’d love to read a creepy science fiction story where people dissolve. I asked my friend Anders Omsland if that could happen. He’s a biomedical researcher at Washington State University. He told me a ...