The hippocampus is an important brain region known to support various cognitive (i.e., mental) processes, including the ...

The body has an intricate system to defend against infections where each type of immune cell plays a distinct role. Now, a ...

For life to function, cell membranes must remain intact. When these fragile barriers are damaged—for instance by heat or ...

Our cells produce a variety of proteins, each with a specific role that, in many cases, means that they need to be in a ...

MP, which was found to play a critical role in upholding mitochondrial structure and regulating metabolic stress in mouse fat cells.

Researchers have discovered a regulatory process that controls the maturation of brain cells. This regulation seems to be ...

In contrast, peptide hormones cannot enter cells and only bind to cell surface receptors. 11 The interaction between these hormones and their cell surface receptors may directly activate intracellular ...