Penn State researchers discovered that two proteins within the CCR4-NOT complex have opposing effects on mRNA stability.

A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...

One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet ...

For the first time, researchers have been able to show how a cell closes the door to free radicals—small oxygen molecules ...

A microscopic creature from a boiling hot spring in Northern California has just reset the upper limit for how hot complex ...

When killer T cells of our immune system divide, they normally undergo asymmetric cell division (ACD): Each daughter cell ...

What makes someone a "morning lark" or a "night owl?" Why does jet lag hit us so hard, and why do some people struggle each ...

Deep in coastal mangroves and even inside our own mouths, biologists are finding that DNA does not always sit in a simple ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too large or too small are linked to many diseases. Until now, the genetic basis ...

Regulatory T (Treg) cells, identified over two decades ago, are pivotal in maintaining immune tolerance and preventing autoimmunity. Extensive research has ...

Through a recent notice, the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has ...

All in all, facilities such as the normobaric chamber at Flanders Cobblestone Paradise represent the sharp end of marginal ...