Thanks to a recent study by researchers at IOCB Prague, it is now possible to monitor processes in living cells more ...

Biologists have long treated cell membranes as passive barriers, thin skins that separate the chemistry of life from the chaos outside. A new line of research suggests they may be far more dynamic, ...

Metabolism, far from being just a housekeeping function, underlies all changes in cell size and function ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

Enzymes are the molecular machines that power life; they build and break down molecules, copy DNA, digest food, and drive ...

Medscape Medical News talked with researcher Stacie Dusetzina about the prospects for a single-payer program to help with the ...

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.