What do cells do when they are “hungry”? Eukaryotic cells cope with starving conditions by eating their own components, a process called autophagy. Aa Aa Aa Normally, when you are hungry you ...

KANAZAWA, Japan, April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, report in Nature Communications how the targeted suppression of lysosome ...

MSD has agreed to pay up to $610 million to acquire Caraway Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Massachusetts biotech focusing on neurodegenerative disorders and rare diseases. The big pharma, known as ...

Lysosomes, often reductively referred to as the "garbage disposals" of cells, play a pivotal role in our cells' digestive ...

This small particle acts as the digestive tract of the living cell. Its enzymes dissolve the substances ingested by the cell and under certain circumstances can dissolve the cell itself ...

Glutamate, a key neurotransmitter involved in brain function, plays a crucial role in processes such as mood regulation and memory formation. However, research has also linked glutamate to the toxic ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Lysosomes – membrane-bound structures within each cell of humans and all animals – are sometimes known as ...