The omega 3 oils you get in fish oil play a key role in brain function, cellular health, and calming down inflammation – but do you have enough in your diet?

A largely overlooked structure inside our cells may play a crucial role in how the brain forms, offering new insight into ...

Six pairs of UC San Francisco faculty members and their PhD students have been awarded funding through the W. M. Keck Foundation’s inaugural Scholar-Fellow Bridge Initiative, a program designed to ...

When the body encounters infection or cancer, cytotoxic T lymphocytes attach to the affected cell and form the immune synapse ...

Cells use a surprising “pearling” motion to evenly distribute mitochondrial DNA. This newly uncovered process may be key to ...

A hallmark of type 2 diabetes is the progressive loss of beta cell mass: cells in the pancreas that produce and release ...

All lifeforms need to continuously adapt to temperature changes to survive. Now, Weill Cornell Medicine investigators ...

Animal cells are far more than simple biological units—they’re dynamic, adaptive, and packed with intricate structures that ...

A collaboration between the University of Geneva and Lausanne University Hospital has shown in new detail how the body's defenses fight back against malignant cells. Those defenses involve T ...

A collaboration between UNIGE and CHUV-UNIL has made it possible to visualise the mechanisms of cytotoxic T cells in three ...

From the fluid mosaic model to tight junctions, cell membranes are the ultimate gatekeepers of life. They manage what comes in and out, maintain balance, and even signal to other cells. Understanding ...