The brain is a unique place. It is shielded from much of the body by the blood-brain barrier, meaning it's protected from ...

Bioengineering assistant professor Girgis Obaid at the University of Texas at Dallas and cancer researcher Rolf Brekken at UT ...

How do we think, feel, remember, or move? These processes involve synaptic transmission, in which chemical signals are transmitted between nerve cells using molecular containers called vesicles. Now, ...

This fundamental study combines in vitro reconstitution experiments and molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate how membrane lipids are transported from the outer to the inner membrane of ...

Rather than being like battery chargers, mitochondria are more like the motherboard of the cell.

Scientists have long wondered how life first began on Earth. While we don’t have all the answers, one thing is clear: every ...

How life arose remains a looming question in science that researchers are seeking to answer by studying the features shared among life today. Everything alive is made up of cells, and what made the ...

My search for answers to these stupendously ambitious questions led me, it now seems inexorably, to mitochondria. This idea of mitochondria being little batteries with a built-in charger, about as ...

An epiretinal membrane (ERM) is an eye condition where a layer of cells forms on the inside of your retina. This layer of cells is called a membrane. Many people with this condition don’t know ...

These membranes, composed of flexible lipid bilayers, can reshape and remodel themselves during processes like cell movement, division, and molecular trafficking. Until now, it was commonly assumed ...

Epiretinal membrane (ERM) is a semi-clear membrane that ... Your retina is a special layer of cells at the back of your eye that converts light to electrical signals your brain can interpret.

When calcium enters the cell and potassium ions leave by Kcnn4, it can cause the cell to shrink. This shrinkage can cause changes in the cell membrane tension, facilitating activation of Tmem63b ...