A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed into mRNA precursors, is correctly assembled into mature mRNA. Splicing is a ...

Understanding how cells transform into specialized types during human development is a central challenge in biology. This ...

Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a small, elusive, and often overlooked cellular appendage.

Proteins are key biomolecular substances involved in all activities of the human body. To create a digital cell map that can be used throughout the ...

A groundbreaking sickle cell disease treatment has been approved for use in the UK's National Health Service (NHS). The treatment offers patients with severe forms of the condition hope for a ...

Jewel Plummer Cobb was a cancer researcher who investigated how hormones, ultraviolet light and chemotherapeutic drugs can ...

Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) launched the Billion Cells Project, an effort to generate an unprecedented one ...

Researchers from the University of Illinois have identified a key process coordinating liver maturation and polyploidization, ...

Scientists have uncovered a key mechanism in jellyfish embryos that provides new insights into how the body plan of these ...

The Cell, Developmental and Molecular Biology graduate program offers world-class facilities ... This includes the hierarchy of biological organization, from genes to species to ecosystems.