A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — plays a vital, overlooked role in the first steps of life.

A new open-source model of brain metabolism—the most complex ever generated—has shown how altering key chemicals could ...

Cardiac macrophages in newborn mice promoted heart cell proliferation after injury, offering a potential approach to ...

A research team led by Prof. Liu Xuanyong from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

Lysosomes are spaces inside cells that break down waste products of metabolism. Various enzyme deficiencies inside lysosomes can result in buildup of toxic substances, causing metabolic disorders ...