Were some microtubules under evolutionary pressure to adapt, perhaps developing new functions? Or, when they no longer had ... hold up in other eukaryotic lineages, including in animal cells. Her lab ...

By simply illuminating cells with light, it can halt the movement of specific transport vesicles inside cells within seconds, as if they were "immobilized." The research team has further validated ...

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 ...

Microtubules are cylindrical ... and mediate crucial cellular functions including formation of the mitotic spindle that segregates chromosomes during cell division and intracellular trafficking.

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 ...

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 ...

Ori-McKenney studies tube-like proteins called microtubules that help form cell skeletons and are involved in transport inside cells. Her research seeks to understand the structure and function of ...

Today, Australian researchers reveal how multiple chemicals found in cigarette smoke and e-cigarettes alter the function of a key type of immune cell found in the lungs. Cigarette smoking is known ...