Our cells need to be able to recognize potential invaders as a threat, the key function of the body's innate immune system.

In a study published in Cell Reports Physical Science on Nov. 25, a research team reported the development of an innovative ...

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Nov. 22, 2024 — Geneticists have developed a gene drive-based solution to the widespread problem of insecticide resistance. In an effort to protect valuable crops, the researchers created an 'e ...

Differences in the ribosomal densities of the two daughters produced by a mother Escherichia coli could explain the asymmetry of aging and growth rate in previously reported such daughter pairs.

When a sperm cell fertilizes an egg, the resulting zygote has the genetic information from both cells but only cytoplasm—the substance that fills the cell—from the egg. That means that any of the ...

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It also includes specialised proteins in the cell cytoplasm that sense and act to destroy invaders. The innate immune system ...

Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based therapeutics and the potential of mRNA as a treatment for various conditions has been ...

In the experiments, cells with nuclei containing fluorescent dye were placed on the nanopillars. The dye was observed leaking from the nucleus into the cytoplasm but remained inside the cell, ...