Few questions have captivated humankind more than the origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells come to exist? How did these early protocells develop the structural membranes necessary ...

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed an innovative approach to fight antibiotic-resistant ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic gut inflammatory condition affecting the colon in humans. This study uses human samples as well as a mouse model of colitis induced by a chemical, DSS, to ...

Think back to that basic biology class you took in high school. You probably learned about organelles, those little "organs" ...

You probably learned about organelles, those little “organs” inside cells that form compartments with individual functions. For example, mitochondria produce energy, lysosomes recycle waste and the ...

McMaster researchers found that bacteriophages treated under specific conditions form flower-like structures that are highly ...

The School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry & Biophysics, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel ...

Your skin helps your immune system fight off infections by producing substances that kill bacteria and fungi. Your skin contains cells that ... in the dermis and gives structure and support ...

In addition to synthesizing important regulators of cell function, the bacterial enzyme can control levels of other lipid-containing signaling molecules, including neurotransmitters involved in ...

Researchers describe the full molecular structure of the phage ... to the surface of a Pseudomonas bacteria using its tail fibers and has penetrated the cell's outer and inner membranes using ...