When cells experience enough chronic stress, they can stop dividing permanently. In this state of cellular limbo, known as ...

Microtubules are dynamic, tubular polymers composed of αβ-tubulin dimers that form an essential framework within eukaryotic cells. They orchestrate a wide range of cellular functions including ...

A new imaging approach is shedding light on one of cell biology’s most elusive questions: how lipids are organized and sorted within membranes.

Cells manage a wide range of functions in their tiny package — growing, moving, housekeeping, and so on — and most of those functions require energy. But how do cells get this energy in the first ...

The human body is made up of trillions of cells that perform functions from skin protection to muscle movement. Cells can ...

In the rapidly evolving field of drug discovery, single-cell analysis has become an invaluable tool for understanding cellular heterogeneity and molecular pathways. However, traditional single-cell ...

In a major advance applying insights from quantum physics to the inner workings of biology, a team of WashU researchers has ...

Single-cell analysis is a ubiquitous laboratory technique that allows researchers to probe the myriad biomolecular states of cells. Single-cell assays can reveal gene and protein expression patterns, ...

When cells experience enough chronic stress, they can stop dividing permanently. In this state of cellular limbo, known as replicative senescence, cells remain alive but no longer proliferate.

WashU researchers implanted nanodiamond quantum biosensors into living cells to measure mitochondrial magnetism and ...

Learn what happens in your body when you eat foods that support cellular health, including how nutrients protect cells, reduce inflammation, and support energy.