They created a cell with a minimal, adaptable membrane, offering a unique platform ... they continued to function surprisingly well." Arriving at this minimal lipid combination was no easy task.

This dynamism is critical to membrane function but must be finely balanced to ensure that the membrane becomes neither too tense nor too floppy. How cells sense changes in the biophysical properties ...

Researchers have developed a light-induced gene therapy that targets the mitochondria of cancer cells, triggering cell death.

Cytoskeleton rearrangements promote formation of a giant structure called a GUVac that stops cells from dying when they become detached from the extracellular matrix.

Despite the drastic reduction in lipid complexity, they continued to function surprisingly well ... A tuneable minimal cell membrane reveals that two lipid species suffice for life, Nature ...