Kazumitsu Ueda, PhD from Kyoto University, WPI-iCeMS, unveils the mystery of cholesterol homeostasis in this cell biology ...

Mitochondria play a crucial role as the powerhouses of cells, generating the energy necessary for cellular functions. For ...

Human cells, for example ... "But having both a bilayer-forming lipid, which provides the basic structure for the cell membrane, and a non-bilayer-forming lipid, such as cholesterol, which ...

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

fewer than a dozen full-size human membrane proteins are represented. The low numbers are not for lack of interest. Membrane proteins help coordinate pretty much everything a cell does ...

In 2024, scientists used stem cells to grow mini human hearts in the lab ... protective outer membrane — a structure known as the conjunctiva. The organoid was created using stem cells from ...

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