In contrast to organelles with a lipid bilayer membrane, membraneless structures are formed through a process known as liquid-liquid phase separation. When it comes to how and why cells create and use ...

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER), extending throughout the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, is a central organelle involved in lipid metabolism, Ca 2+ homeostasis, and synthesis and folding of secretory ...

In biology textbooks, the endoplasmic reticulum is often portrayed as a distinct, compact organelle near the nucleus, and is commonly known to be responsible for protein trafficking and secretion. In ...

Organelles are entities within a eukaryotic cell that have a specialised function. Examples of organelles include the nucleus, the endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi, mitochondria, vacuoles or ...

Size Most are 5 μm - 100 μm. Most are 0.2 μm - 2.0 ... Cell contents Cytoplasm, cell organelles include mitochondria, ribosomes and chloroplasts in plants. Cytoplasm, ribosomes present; there ...

Researchers at the Center for Life Sciences at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have for the first time identified structural ...

Cells navigating in complex microenvironments frequently encounter narrow spaces that physically challenge migration.

Taiwan's Academia Sinica announced that a group of its researchers has developed a two-terminal (2T) perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell with a power conversion efficiency of 31.5%.

New Drug Tested to Reduce Side Effect of 'Half-Matched' Stem Cell Transplants Dec. 5, 2024 — Stem cell transplantation is used to treat several types of blood cancers, but carries the risk of a ...

To fill this knowledge gap, Ikeda and colleagues obtained tumour-infiltrating T cells and cancer cells ... to mark mitochondria to be directed to organelles called lysosomes for degradation.

A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled an innovative technology to eliminate drug-resistant cancer cells using ...

Many cells in our body have a single primary cilium, a micrometer-long, hair-like organelle protruding from the cell surface that transmits cellular signals. Cilia are important for regulating ...