This engineered genome will help experts tailor organisms to fit the needs of their ever-changing environments.

Eukaryotic cell DNA in a nucleus, plasmids are found in a few simple eukaryotic organisms. Prokaryotic cell DNA is a single molecule, found free in the cytoplasm; additional DNA is found on one or ...

Eukaryotic microorganisms, or protists, are essential ecological agents that populate various environments like aquatic and ...

Proteins' amino-acid sequences appear to guide their access to blob-like aggregates involved in many cell processes ...

A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed into mRNA precursors, is correctly assembled into mature mRNA. Splicing is a ...

Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

Vitestro's blood drawing (phlebotomy) robot is designed to offer a solution to what the company says is a growing shortage of healthcare personnel, coupled with rising demand for blood tests with ...

Cancer stem cells are rare immortal cells within a tumour that can both self-renew by dividing and give rise to many cell types that constitute the tumour, and can therefore form tumours.

Many cells in multicellular organisms are specialised. They have specific roles in the organism of which they are part. Their structure is adapted to their function. They are often grouped ...

The stability of Pt-based catalysts is critical to the reliability of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Here, the authors use stroboscopic operando high energy X-ray scattering to reveal Pt ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions. Researchers pushed these ...

An innovative organoid model mirrors the pancreas' complexity, generating all three key cell types to explore development and possible regeneration.