Dancing proteins keep cells moving: Redefining the function and role of key factors in actin filament disassembly

Some cells, such as immune cells, are highly mobile—they constantly remodel their shape, migrate toward a wound that needs to ...

AI-based method accurately segments and quantifies overlapping cell membranes

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed DeMemSeg, an AI-powered analysis pipeline that addresses a long-standing ...
The Conversation

Visualizing the inside of cells at previously impossible resolutions provides vivid insights into how they work

Jeremy Berg does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Science Daily

The interior design of our cells: Database of 200,000 cell images yields new mathematical framework to understand our cellular building blocks

This milestone in cell biology -- akin to discovering 'design principles' of the cell -- unlocks the potential to find new treatments for diseases where cells malfunction. Working with hundreds of ...
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Human Cells Hold a Mysterious Structure, and Biologists Have Just Found It

The Hemifusome: A Cellular Recycling Center The hemifusome is a tiny, membrane-bound organelle that functions as a recycling center inside cells. Its primary role seems to be in organizing and ...
Yale Environment 360

Cells that control hunger affect brain structure and function

The prefrontal cortex region of the human brain is responsible for a range of complex functions from decision-making to certain types of memory. When something goes wrong in this part of the brain, it ...