Serine serves as a metabolic nexus in tumors, coordinating one-carbon metabolism, nucleotide synthesis, and redox regulation.

Membrane lipids are lipids involved in forming the structure of biological membranes – both the cell membrane and intracellular membranes – and in membrane function, namely compartmentalization of ...

A tragic RSV vaccine trial in the 1960s set the field back for decades. Here’s how scientists finally made breakthroughs in ...

When Laura Ehrlich gave birth to her first child in 2020, the COVID-causing virus wasn’t the only threat facing her son. Born ...

BACKGROUND: PYGM (muscle glycogen phosphorylase), the rate-limiting enzyme in glycogenolysis, plays an indispensable role in maintaining cardiac energy metabolism. However, the role of PYGM in the ...

Dragons show up everywhere on screens because they carry centuries of myth and a lot of storytelling power. Some are guardians of treasure, some are forces of nature, and some are allies who change ...

This study reports the important finding that the dynamin inhibitor Dyngo-4a broadly affects lipid packing and plasma membrane dynamics, independently of its action on dynamin. While solid ...

A research team led by Prof. DANG Shangyu from the Division of Life Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and ...

Our bodies are made up of countless cells, and each one is enclosed by a thin layer called the cell membrane. This membrane ...

Numerous studies have indicated that the plasma membrane plays an important role in the development of resistance to anthracycline and vinca alkaloid drugs (pleiotropic resistance). We have previously ...

In a pioneering discovery, researchers at UNIST have captured, for the first time, the elusive intermediate stages involved in the pairing of cell membrane proteins. Contrary to long-held beliefs that ...