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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) targets important cells of our immune system, making infected individuals more ...

Kanazawa University, have discovered how a protein called lamin A helps repair the protective barrier around a cell's DNA.

The study “ Nuclear poly-glutamine aggregates rupture the nuclear envelope and hinder its repair,” published in the Journal of Cell Biology (JCB), suggests that the aggregates can poke holes ...

Researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands have identified a new way in which the toxic protein aggregates associated with Huntington's disease may damage nerve cells and cause them to die.

Each cell contains well-defined compartments, each of which has a specific function. The nuclear envelope, for example, is a highly regulated membrane barrier that separates the nucleus from the ...

(Image credit: Rolls-Royce) Scientists in the U.K. have created mini, seed-sized nuclear fuel cells that could power futuristic flower-shaped reactors on the moon as soon as 2030.

“Thus, to enable metastasis, cancer cells must also increase their nuclear malleability.” Studies have shown that nuclear softening is associated with tumor aggressiveness and metastasis.

In a recent study published in Nature Cell Biology, a team of researchers discovered that the elevated expression of lamin-associated polypeptide 1 (LAP1), an inner nuclear membrane protein, helps ...