Programmed cell death is an essential part of a healthy, normal life as the body removes old, damaged or unnecessary cells.

A new study from The University of Texas at Arlington has revealed how cells control their mitochondria—the "energy producers ...

Scientists uncovered how cells package and send proteins to their correct destinations, a process essential for healthy ...

A model of transport through the nuclear pore complex. The blue spheres represent macromolecules that do not interact with the selectively permeable ...

"What our work shows is how a complex in the center of the cell, the ER-Golgi interaction region, controls plasma membrane cholesterol, which is essential for many cellular functions, if not essential ...

Researchers reveal how a nanomachine takes care of cleaning up inside the cell. To prevent our body's cells from overflowing with garbage and to keep them healthy, the waste inside them is constantly ...

Yale researchers revealed how vitamin B5 fuels mitochondria, offering new insight into brain and metabolic disorders. The human body produces a molecule from vitamin B5 that plays a crucial role in ...

A new discovery from an international collaborative research team has solved the mystery of how cells turn on their recycling ...

Calcium is a very special nutrient. In the cells of most living beings calcium ions function as so-called second messengers to transmit important signals. The same applies equally to animal, plant and ...