Researchers have discovered how unstructured segments of surface proteins regulate the biological function of a cell. Their ...
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," ...
When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things — including a crucial event that happened while she was still growing inside her own mother’s womb.
New research from Oregon Health & Science University for the first time reveals the function of a little-understood junction between cells in the brain that could have important treatment implications ...
A collaborative French–Swiss study reveals a previously unknown role for astrocytes in the brain's information processing.