“If something happens and a molecule grows in abundance 200-fold in the lysosome, you would see only a two-fold increase if you look at the whole cell.” By isolating lysosomes from the rest of the ...

Biology 101 Update: A Cell’s Lysosomes Are More Than Garbage Disposals. Mounting evidence suggests they are control centers for a cell’s growth and survival. By Monique Brouillette.

When functional, a lysosome can break down large sugars into small sugars ... and extend to everyone by improving our ...

Lysosomes are membrane-bound organelles in cells that act as recycling centers—breaking down waste materials, ... Now, in a new study published in the Journal of Cell Biology on April 9, ...

An international team led by EPFL has discovered a powerful anti-aging pathway in roundworms, revealing how boosting the cell ...

Dr. Dominic Winter is researching how this “recycling center” works – and how defects in its composition play a role in cancer. The German Research Foundation has awarded Winter a Heisenberg ...

Investigators have discovered that outer mitochondrial membrane proteins regulate crosstalk between mitochondria and lysosomes, ... Scale bars, 0.5 μm. Credit: Journal of Cell Biology (2022 ...

The study (‘Lysosome lipid signaling from the periphery to neurons regulates longevity’) published in Nature Cell Biology shows roundworm (Caenorhabditis elegans) lysosomes break down stored ...

Cellular and molecular biologists have discovered a new class of lysosomes that they refer to as 'tubular lysosomes.' This breakthrough could lead to medical therapies and treatments to slow -- or ...

Missing pathway in lysosome underlies newly discovered human disease Date: October 6, 2022 ... The team, led by Ming Li, assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, ...