The endomembrane system was first discovered in the late 1800s when scientist Camillo Golgi noticed that a certain stain ...

Neospora caninum is one of the most economically damaging parasites that cattle producers have never heard of. An obligate ...

Inside cells, there exists an extensive system of canals known as the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which consists of membrane-encased tubes that are partially broken down as needed—for instance in case ...

The endoplasmic reticulum is the protein-making factory within cells consisting of tightly stacked sheets of membrane studded with the molecules that make proteins. Now, researchers have refined a new ...

Improvements in public health have allowed humankind to survive to older ages than ever before, but, for many people, these added golden years are not spent in good health. Aging is a natural part of ...

How these shapes arise, however, is largely a mystery. Harvard Medical School cell biologists have now cracked the code for part of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a protein - and fat-making organelle ...

The body's cells change their shape to close gaps such as wounds – with part of the cell flexing depending on the curve of the gap and the organization of cell-internal structures, a new study reveals ...

Textbook drawings of the cell’s largest organelle might need to be updated based on new images. Super-resolution shots of the endoplasmic reticulum reveal tightly packed tubes where previous pictures ...