Researchers at UC San Diego have developed SMART, a software package capable of realistically simulating cell-signaling networks. This tool, tested across various biological systems, enhances the unde ...

Millions of people take metformin, a Type 2 diabetes medication that lowers blood sugar. The "wonder drug" has also been shown to slow cancer growth, improve COVID outcomes and reduce inflammation.

Researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa have discovered that a virus, FloV-SA2, encodes one of the proteins needed ...

Researchers from the University of Missouri are studying potential therapies to target specific cells linked to the development of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders like high blood pressure and ...

Thanks to a few scientific principles, macerating fresh berries in sugar or a sugary liquid can create the sweetest, most ...

Advanced Membrane Research Lab, Department of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Haridwar, Uttarakhand 247667, India Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, ...

Kidney cells can make memories too. At least, in a molecular sense. Neurons have historically been the cell most associated with memory. But far outside the brain, kidney cells can also store ...

"But having both a bilayer-forming lipid, which provides the basic structure for the cell membrane, and a non-bilayer-forming lipid, such as cholesterol, which adds stability, seems to be a ...

Department of Chemical Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 24341, Republic of Korea Department of Integrative Engineering for Hydrogen Safety, Kangwon National University, ...

Labs around the world are trying to turn cells into autobiographers, tracking their own development from embryos to adults. By Carl Zimmer Shortly after conception, a fertilized egg divides ...

But it turned out this wasn’t the whole picture. Williamson’s research investigated the role astrocytes, non-neuron brain cells, play in the read-and-write operations that go on in our heads.