Researchers have discovered that a protein, zyxin, is necessary for the maintenance and repair of the cell's cytoskeleton, or internal framework, which serves as the muscle and bone of the cell.

Just as life pulsates in big vibrant cities, it also prospers in crowded environments inside cells. The interior of cells is ...

A new study, led by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of ...

Synthese, Vol. 193, No. 3, Special Issue on LOGIC AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF GAME AND DECISION THEORY (LOFT2014) (March 2016), pp. 873-907 (35 pages) This paper examines a case of failed interdisciplinary ...

The causes of metastasis remain elusive despite vast information on cancer cells. We posit that cancer cell fusion with macrophages or other migratory bone marrow-derived cells (BMDCs) provides an ...

Immunotherapy is an effective form of therapy for different types of cancer. However, for pancreatic cancer, its effect is limited and differs between men and women. Researchers at Karolinska ...

Around 5,000 Americans are diagnosed with ALS each year. About half of patients die within 14 to 18 months of being diagnosed.

Spinal muscular atrophy is a rare genetic disease of the nerve cells in the spinal cord that can appear as early as infancy. The disease leads to a progressive loss of muscle strength. Those affected ...