In A Nutshell As cells age, they deliberately shrink a major internal structure called the endoplasmic reticulum. This downsizing happens early in adulthood and shifts cells away from protein ...

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 our ...

The researchers believe the hemifusome works by creating vesicles, tiny bubble-like structures that surround substances in our cells and move them around. “You can think of vesicles like little ...

In a quiet lab at Utrecht University, researchers have built a tool that lets you watch one of life’s most serious crises unfold in real time. Inside every cell, DNA breaks, repairs, and sometimes ...

Chinese scientists succeed in multiplying millions of NK cells against cancer from a single donor, for more accessible therapies.

First discovered in 1986, vaults are mysterious organelles whose exact functions still remain unknown. Now, researchers themselves have given vaults a function. When genetically engineered to capture ...