In its effort to correlate genomic structure with gene function, the 4D Nucleome Consortium (4DN), led by Job Dekker, Ph.D., ...

An international group of researchers led by Pompeu Fabra University has discovered the nanomachine that controls ...

A research team of the University Medical Center Mainz has succeeded in observing for the first time how G protein-coupled ...

A faulty ion channel function is a consistent biological feature of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ...

Metabolism, far from being just a housekeeping function, underlies all changes in cell size and function ...

The American Cancer Society estimates that over 80,000 individuals will be diagnosed with bladder cancer this year.

Chronic liver disease gets worse when the liver's immune system stays overactive, resulting in ongoing inflammation and ...

Trained immunity provides a unifying framework linking innate immune memory to both protective and maladaptive inflammation ...

In advanced dry disease, a key problem is failure of retinal pigment epithelium, often shortened to RPE. These cells help ...

Support cells surrounding stem cells rather than stem cells alone, are far more vulnerable to ageing and may hold the key to understanding how tissues age and lose their generative capacity.

Researchers identify altered expression of genes that worsens periodontitis among smokers, and a new target molecule ...