AZoLifeSciences on MSN1d
On the origin of life: How the first cell membranes came to exist
Few questions have captivated humankind more than the origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells come to exist?
Phys.org on MSN10d
Cells have more mini ‘organs’ than researchers thought − unbound by membranes, these rogue organelles challenge biology’s fundamentals
Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...
Hormone receptor structure reveals how it functions in heart disease
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have determined the full-length structure of a blood pressure-regulating hormone receptor ...
From chaos to structure: How a bunch of seemingly disorganized cells go on to form a robust embryo
With this dataset, they propose a physical model that explains how a mammalian embryo builds structure from chaos. In animals ...
Nature26d
Composition and Structure of Yeast Cell Walls
IN a study of the structure of the cell wall of baker's yeast with the electron microscope, one of us (A. L. H.) obtained results which induced us to start microchemical work on the presence of ...
Beta cells: New insights into the structure, interactions and neuronal networking of primary cilia
Dysfunctions of the tiny cell processes (primary cilia) of the pancreatic beta cells could be a cause of type 2 diabetes.
EurekAlert!11d
Beta cells: New insights into the structure, interactions and neuronal networking of primary cilia
Special design of the skeletal structure The primary cilia observed in this study originated from both animal and human beta cells. The researchers investigated how the skeletal structure (axoneme ...