How a mechanism for assembling research teams became a tool for increasing diversity

Disruptions in the construction of these clusters can lead to buildup of fat droplets in certain cells, providing clues about the causes of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and clear-cell renal carcinoma.

Neuroscientists think a cluster of cells in the brain that stimulate appetite could be a target for eating disorder therapies.

A fortuitous observation shows that endogenous bacterial compounds react readily with conserved lysine residues.

Researchers have uncovered a connection in the network of checks and balances underlying cellular iron regulation.

Is a particular dietary recommendation harming people in the U.S.? For almost 20 years, scientists have been arguing over whether Americans and others on a typical Western diet are eating too much of omega-6s, a class of essential fatty acids. Some experts, notably ones affiliated with the American Heart Association, credit our current intake of omega-6s with lowering the incidence of cardiovascular disease. Others, which include biochemists, say the relatively high intake of omega-6 is a reason for a slew of chronic illnesses in the Western world, including asthma, various cancers, neurological disorders and cardiovascular disease itself.

Researchers in Canada write in the Journal of Biological Chemistry about pinpointing a toxin injected by one soil-dwelling bacterium into another that protects plants from disease.

New study by Ohio State team could lead to better understanding of human disease.

Studying the role of a skin lipid called ceramide EOS, researchers found long disordered chains that remain liquid at much lower temperatures than expected.

Images of a protein involved in creating a potent antibiotic reveal the unusual first steps of the antibiotic's synthesis.