Engineered fluorescent nanobodies that work inside living cells can label multiple proteins in different colors at once, ...

Water deficit resistance in plants has long been a topic of interest for cultivating reliable crops. Some plants can alter ...

Cell membranes protect and organize cells. All cells have an outer plasma membrane that regulates not only what enters the cell, but also how much of any given substance comes in. Unlike prokaryotes, ...

When cells experience sudden physical stress, like stretching or pressure, they can activate a fast, protective mechanism ...

Researchers shifted the focus to the internal properties of the membrane itself, specifically its viscosity, highlighting its critical role in controlling deformation and dynamics during essential ...

Cells are the smallest unit of life and the building blocks for all organisms. Each component of a cell has its own function. Animal and plant cells differ and they have similarities. Nucleus, cell ...

Many diseases are driven by proteins interacting with each other inside cells. But blocking these interactions with drugs is ...

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have created a synthetic cell-like structure that can control the movement of ...

Membrane-permeable cyclic peptide that inhibits the intracellular Keap1-Nrf2 protein-protein interaction. Credit: Christian ...

Why do cells age—and why do we lose our energy and vitality as we get older? This question is one of the central challenges ...