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Our cells produce a variety of proteins, each with a specific role that, in many cases, means that they need to be in a ...
This finding emphasizes that membrane viscosity, previously overlooked, is a key factor in how membranes bend and reshape, offering new insights into cellular structure and function.
Researchers have discovered a regulatory process that controls the maturation of brain cells. This regulation seems to be ...
This study links RhoA/ROCK pathway activity to nanoscale sensing, showing how cytoskeletal tension modulates cell ...
Proteins are the key players that regulate cellular structure and function. DNA, which functions as the blueprint for protein synthesis, is first transcribed into a messenger RNA (mRNA), which is ...
Too much fat can be unhealthy: how fat cells, so-called adipocytes, develop, is crucial for the function of the fat tissue.
After centuries of mapping the human body in ever-finer detail, scientists are still making discoveries. Here we are, in 2025, and a previously unknown cellular structure that could be vital to ...
Scientists at the Babraham Institute have developed a method to “time jump” human skin cells by 30 years, turning back the cellular aging clock without losing specialized cellular function ...
Courses Cellular and Molecular Biology Courses The list below offers a representative sample of the courses you can expect in the study of cellular and molecular biology at DePauw. From theoretical ...