A recent study involving researchers from the University of Basel reveals that slowing down the intracellular transport of ...

“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.

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, ...

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 ...

Details of this work appeared August 7 in the Journal of Cell Biology, in an article entitled “Impaired JIP3-Dependent Axonal Lysosome Transport Promotes Amyloid Plaque Pathology.”By ...

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 ...

Lysosomes digest excess or worn-out organelles, food particles, and engulf viruses or bacteria. The membrane around a lysosome allows the digestive enzymes to work at the 4.5 pH they require.

New understanding of the inner world of lysosomes Date: September 26, 2022 Source: Duke-NUS Medical School Summary: Scientists have pinpointed a protein in lysosomes that is involved in recycling ...

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, ...