Researchers have discovered a regulatory process that controls the maturation of brain cells. This regulation seems to be ...

For life to function, cell membranes must remain intact. When these fragile barriers are damaged—for instance by heat or ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new healing mechanism in injured cells called cathartocytosis, in which cells "vomit" out their internal machinery to revert more quickly to a stem cell-like ...

Cells close wounds by re-shaping their endoplasmic reticulum, switching between crawling and contracting movements depending ...

When injured, cells have well-regulated responses to promote healing. These include a long-studied self-destruction process ...

The body's cells change their shape to close gaps such as wounds – with part of the cell flexing depending on the curve of ...

Autophagy, initiated by cellular stress and starvation is the cell’s self-repair mechanism and cleaning process by membrane-bound organelles called lysosomes.

Researchers from Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and at the Swiss University of Fribourg have now found that the Schwann cells and axons may be behind this regeneration process.

Scientists have identified a new component of the molecular machinery a cell uses to repair damaged DNA. The discovery adds important knowledge about a fundamental life process that protects from ...

All cells in the body contain the same DNA, but different cell types express different genes; skin cells express genes for ...

Dynamic membrane repair and remodelling is an elemental process that maintains cell integrity and mediates efficient cellular function. Here we report that MG53, a muscle-specific tripartite motif ...