Aging cells secrete substances known to promote the growth of cancer cells. The development of drugs that can selectively kill these cells or inhibit the secretion of substances is ongoing.

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a crucial organelle present in all eukaryotic cells, including human cells. The ER plays a ...

With every bite of food we take, our intestinal immune system must make a big decision. Tasked with defending us from foreign ...

“Allosteric drugs are drugs that bind to proteins in different ways than natural molecules,” Nucci says. “The way I describe ...

A new study from Oregon Health & Science University has uncovered how small molecules within bacteria interact with proteins, ...

Visualizing cells after editing specific genes can help scientists learn new details about the function of those genes. But ...

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the ...

The latest findings on the interaction between cell death and cellular senescence in cancer and their pathophysiological significance have been reviewed.

The Under-oil Open Microfluidic System enhances tumor cell-ECM interaction studies, improving anti-metastatic drug testing ...

Proteins are life's engines, powering processes like muscle movement, vision, and chemical reactions. Their environments—water, lipid membranes, or other condensed phases—are critical to their ...