Life takes shape with the motion of a single cell. In response to signals from certain proteins and enzymes, a cell can start ...

Engineered starfish oocytes shape-shift in response to light, may enable the design of synthetic, light-activated cells for ...

The researchers observed that light activated the enzyme, causing predictable cell movements. For example, specific light ...

Cells constantly shift and transform, triggering the complex choreography that shapes living organisms. Whether dividing into new cells or sculpting an embryo, these tiny movements rely on chemical ...

Using computational tools and virtual screening, researchers at the Center for Redox Processes in Biomedicine (Redoxoma) have identified new inhibitors of the enzyme human 15-lipoxygenase-2 (h15-LOX-2 ...

Scientists have long struggled to target proteins that lack defined structure and are involved in cancer, neurodegenerative ...

In response to signals from certain proteins and enzymes, a cell can start to move and shake, leading to contractions that cause it to squeeze, pinch, and eventually divide. As daughter cells follow ...

MIT scientists have discovered a way to control the movements of starfish cells using light, which could have biomedical applications.

A natural antibacterial molecule shows clinical promise. Its unusual binding site is on an excellent target: ...