Epithelial cells form the body's frontline barriers, helping keep microbes, toxins and other harmful substances out. Yet ...

Leucine, the amino acid sold in tubs and bars for building muscle, also stands guard over the machinery inside mitochondria.

Scientists who worked out how to control brain cells with light have won this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.

Researchers at Juntendo University have discovered that the lipid mediator 12-HHT and its receptor BLT2 form an emergency ...

A microfluidic nanoblade device that slices open the membranes of thousands of cells at once reveals that cells prioritize repairing the nuclear envelope over the plasma membrane after extreme ...

The prize goes to Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel for their discoveries concerning light-activated ion channels. The medical ...

Sleep drive neurons in mice may help the brain track wakefulness and trigger deeper recovery sleep after long hours awake.

Researchers at Juntendo University have uncover a lipid signaling pathway that helps epithelial cells respond to membrane injury. Bacterial toxins can create pores in epithelial cell membranes, ...

How Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 winners used a light-sensitive algal protein to transform brain research, and ...

Three scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for developing optogenetics, a revolutionary technique using ...