Calcium (Ca2+) drives many cellular functions, though the way it controls quality of proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum ...

A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and ...

Every cell depends on proteins to function and stay healthy. These proteins are made inside the cell from amino acids, but ...

What makes someone a "morning lark" or a "night owl?" Why does jet lag hit us so hard, and why do some people struggle each winter with seasonal affective disorder? Clues to these puzzles may lie in a ...

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have developed two powerful computational tools that could transform how researchers ...

Stanford Medicine has more on spinal cord injury in children. Advances in surgery allowed doctors to repair a broken neck and ...

New research from Colorado State University into the ways neurons regulate chemical balance in the brain could provide ...

Researchers in Okinawa set out to discover the neural basis of how we switch our behavior when situations change.

The study, published in the latest issue of ’BMC Biology’, demonstrates how disruption of the gut microbiome initiates systemic inflammation in the body ...

Top row: The cryo-ET averages of the gap junction channels (left) revealed striking caps (right; purple) on the inside of the cell. Bottom row: The gap junctions (light blue) allow cells to ...

MILTON — Junction Function, hosted by the Milton Area Chamber of Commerce, the event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 11 from 1-6 p.m., stretching across the parking lot along Merchant Row. The event ...