A team of scientists at the University of Seville has identified an essential process that protects DNA integrity in reproductive cells, providing new clues about how organisms avoid genetic defects ...

Just as balsamic vinegar and olive oil when sloshed together separate into distinct phases, phase separation of viscous droplets in the crowded belly of the cell can concentrate certain biomolecules ...

Cells carry their own growth switches. When enough nutrients—amino acids in particular—are available, cells flip this switch ...

Cascades of signals are transduced when, for example, a hormone meets its receptor, when one cell touches another, or when a lymphocyte contacts its cognate antigen. Many steps in these pathways ...