Exocytosis, the fusion of secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane to allow release of the contents of the vesicles into the extracellular environment, and endocytosis, the internalization of ...

Oocytes are long-lived cells that require specialized adaptations to maintain their fitness. This study shows that human ...

Amino acids play a fundamental role in regulating how cells respond to drugs. These molecules, which form proteins, act like ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have solved a long ...

Human eggs are some of the most patient cells in the body, lying dormant for decades until needed. A study published in The EMBO Journal shows that the cells deliberately slow the activity of their ...