One of the many biological wonders of life on Earth is the near-perfect ways our bodies can sense the passage of time. Known ...

A world-first artificial cell can chase chemicals using only a membrane, an enzyme, and a pore—no DNA or motors needed.

In a breakthrough blending biology and engineering, scientists have built synthetic cells that mimic nature’s internal ...

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have created the world's simplest artificial cell capable ...

Another chief open question is identifying proteins, called transporters, that enable vesicles to maintain ionic balance as they transition from the extracellular environment back into a cell with ...

Their findings shed light on how biological clocks stay on schedule despite the inherent molecular noise inside cells.

'Lava lamp' vesicles show how cells could self-organize Date: July 11, 2023 Source: University of California - Davis Summary: The inside of a living cell is crowded with large, complex molecules ...

More information: Puja Kumari et al, Host extracellular vesicles confer cytosolic access to systemic LPS licensing non-canonical inflammasome sensing and pyroptosis, Nature Cell Biology (2023).

Most cells in the body send out little messengers called extracellular vesicles that carry proteins, lipids, and other bioactive molecules to other cells, playing an important role in ...

The inside of a living cell is crowded with large, complex molecules. New research on how these molecules could spontaneously organize themselves could further our understanding of how cells manage ...