A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to ...

To extend and apply their improved models challenge learners to create a totally new model to illustrate and communicate the dynamic nature and function of the cell as illustrated in the narrative.

It's no coincidence that our bodies feel a little creakier as we age. The trillions of cells that make up our skeleton age too, and some change in ways that weaken the very structure of our bones.

Cell: Structure and Functions The cell is the structural and functional unit of living organisms. It was discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665. Cell in Latin means “little room”.

Learn about the ultrastructure and organelles of animal, plant, fungal and bacterial cells. BBC Bitesize Scotland revision for SQA National 5 Biology.

The cell nucleus is the site of many important biological functions of the eukaryotic cell. These processes include transcription, replication, splicing and ribosome biogenesis.

The membrane-bound organelle appears to play a huge role in helping cells sort, discard, and recycle their contents. It's ...

Proteins are the workhorses of cells. Learn how their functions are based on their three-dimensional structures, which emerge from a complex folding process.

Yale researchers and their colleagues in Hungary have discovered that cells in the hypothalamus — an area of the brain that controls functions like hunger and body temperature — play a major role in ...