At the heart of our cells, a previously unknown structure has just been identified, shedding new light on essential ...

Food scientist and nutritionist Dr Anneline Padayachee takes a deep dive into the subject of fat in a healthy diet. Her conclusion? Dietary choices should be guided by balance, variety, and ...

Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ocean food webs and help regulate Earth's climate by storing carbon. While ...

Innovative delivery techniques, including high-tech nanoparticles and electroporationdevices, may convey more gene therapies into the clinic.

Plants’ Photosynthetic Machinery Functions inside Hamster Cells Transplanted chloroplasts endured two days inside animal cells—and got to work By Saugat Bolakhe edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier ...

Chloroplasts, the parts of cells that allow plants and algae to photosynthesize, are thought to have originated more than 1 billion years ago, when photosynthetic cyanobacteria lived symbiotically ...

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like plants. The breakthrough could have major benefits for growing ...

This fluorescence image shows chloroplasts (magenta colored) successfully incorporated into the hamster cells, with other features of the animal cell also highlighted (nuclei in light blue and ...

This new understanding of membrane behavior could shift how scientists think about the role of internal membrane viscosity in cellular processes and have important implications for interpreting ...

New proteins involved in regulating the cell membrane A better understanding of how cells regulate their membranes could lead to new treatments for diseases such as epilepsy and anemia Date ...

Damage to cell membranes causes cell aging A new study has found that mechanical damage to the cell membrane may induce cellular senescence in human cells. Date: February 22, 2024 Source: Okinawa ...