Every cell depends on proteins to function and stay healthy. These proteins are made inside the cell from amino acids, but ...

Cell division is an essential process for all life on Earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early ...

Glucose is a sugar that is essential for the body's energy balance and the most important source of energy for the brain and muscles. If glucose is lacking, this creates considerable stress to the ...

Cells are constantly on the move, whether in a developing embryo or metastatic cancer. But how do cells adapt to new environments they encounter? Traditionally, scientists have believed that cells ...

Every cell depends on proteins to function and stay healthy. These proteins are made inside the cell from amino acids but cannot simply accumulate inside the cell forever. Once they have done their ...

Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup. Researchers at RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Southwest Germany, have ...

In a wholly new approach to cancer treatment, Northwestern University biomedical engineers have doubled the effectiveness of chemotherapy in animal experiments. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Why does cancer sometimes recur after chemotherapy? Why do some bacteria survive antibiotic treatment? In many cases, the ...