It's no coincidence that our bodies feel a little creakier as we age. The trillions of cells that make up our skeleton age too, and some change in ways that weaken the very structure of our bones.

Ribosomes, the cell's protein-making factories, consume large amounts of energy as they build the proteins that keep cells alive and functioning. When cells experience stress—such as lack of nutrients ...

DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions, it can temporarily fold ...

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A Northwestern Medicine study has shed light on one of the most intricate construction projects in biology: how cells build ...

A previously unknown structure discovered in our cells could pave the way toward new treatments for various genetic disorders. The existence of the organelle—which has been dubbed the "hemifusome"—was ...

Scientists discovered that rearranging a peptide’s placement in a spherical nucleic acid vaccine dramatically improves immune response against HPV-driven tumors. The findings have the potential to ...