Piercing the nucleus of a cell without destroying it seems like a technical feat. Yet, researchers have just found a non-invasive method that could revolutionize gene therapies. A series of ...

Just as cities must carefully manage the flow of cars in and out of downtown, cells regulate the movement of molecules into ...

Researchers from Northwestern University have stumbled upon a previously unobserved function of a protein found in the cell ...

Organelles in cells were originally often independent cells, which were incorporated by host cells and lost their ...

One hypothesis is that the DNA loops could determine which genes are switched on in the cell. Inside a nucleus, chromosomes jumble together like a game of Twister. This can bring regulatory elements, ...

In a surprising turn of events, an international team of scientists has found that lead-208 (208 Pb), the heaviest known "doubly magic" nucleus, exhibits unexpected shape characteristics that ...