Dysfunctions and malformations in the scaffold of a cell are thought to contribute to heart muscle weakness, neurodegenerative disease and even deafness. Now biophysics research at The University of ...

A researcher has participated in a study describing what it is during the early stages of Alzheimer's that triggers the loss of dynamics and subsequent impairment of the dendritic spines, the ...

DZNE researchers have uncovered a mechanism that determines why a neuron usually forms a single, long extension called an ...

The actin cytoskeleton is a dynamic network made up of actin polymers and associated actin binding proteins. The actin cytoskeleton was originally isolated as a component of the actomyosin complex in ...

Researchers at UT San Antonio have uncovered new details about electrical signals happening within nerve cells, deepening scientists' understanding of the brain. Their work appears in the study, ...

Researchers from Freiburg and Kiel discovered that actin acts in the cell nucleus and is partly responsible for the expression of male sexual characteristics Steroid hormones, to which belong sex ...

대한민국 과학기술인상 7월 수상자로 노성훈 서울대 생명과학부 교수가 선정됐다. 세포 기능에 필수적인 세포골격 재생 시스템을 규명해 노화와 신경퇴행성 질환 극복 기반을 마련한 성과를 인정받았다. 과학기술정보통신부와 ...

The rearrangement of the cell´s inner scaffold, the cytoskeleton, is a vital process for immune cells. In a new collaborative study, a rare inherited disease revealed a hitherto unknown role of a ...