A joint research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) and the Faculty of Science at the University of Hong Kong has uncovered an unexpected interaction between chemotherapeutic agents and a ...

Most neuroscience research carried out up to date has primarily focused on neurons, the most renowned type of cell in the ...

Cells in the body have to move around in order to do their jobs. During development, for instance, cells are distributed to ...

Read the paper: Transcriptomic neuron types vary topographically in function and morphology There is no consensus about how best to define a cell type 2, and this disagreement is not limited to ...

Functional subpopulations of β-cells emerge to control pulsative insulin secretion in the pancreatic islets of mice through calcium oscillations.

Scientists have discovered that some tiny segments of RNA thought to be junk instead have a functional role in suppressing production of certain messenger RNAs and appear to help cells respond to ...

Figure 1: Mitochondrial involvement in cell death. Mitochondria are organelles ... the ATP synthase and the adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT). To function properly, the IM is almost ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape -- to become either spheres or larger filaments -- to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental ...

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Feb. 11, 2025 — Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a new study suggests that, under certain conditions, the native ...