Two recently published studies led by Brazilian scientists reveal the key roles of multifunctional proteins, STIP1 and Maspin ...

When human cells lack oxygen, they must react. Without oxygen, the metabolism can hardly generate energy, and many vital ...

The field of tissue-immune interactions has undergone significant transformation as emerging evidence demonstrates the centrality of local microenvironments ...

Scientists have discovered how the amino acid leucine boosts the body’s energy production by protecting key mitochondrial ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have established a novel transplantation site for islets of Langerhans that enables long ...

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology is delighted to present the ‘Reviews and Advances’ series of article ...

Mitochondria are well known as energy suppliers, and powerhouses of cells, but they have other crucial functions as well. One of those functions is outcompeting pathogens for resources, according to ...

Every year, millions of lives are suddenly, swiftly transformed by a stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel traveling ...

We have a variety of ways to terminate the life of a cell within our bodies. Some of these are programed processes within the cells themselves, while other deaths come from external processes.