The Intracellular Quality Control Project at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science has identified a molecular ...

An experimental antifibrotic compound can dramatically alter how cells release the microscopic packages they use to ...

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are tiny biological bubbles that carry nucleic acids and proteins between cells, playing an essential role in tissue repair, neuroprotection and immune health. By ...

Inherited information and protocellsLast time, we saw that lipid molecules can aggregate to form small membrane vesicles, trapping molecules like RNA inside. Membranes create an 'inside.' However, the ...

Bone has a remarkable capacity for self-repair, but when a defect grows too large—exceeding what surgeons call the critical ...

Cell-derived nanovesicles reached the hippocampus and protected memory in mice, but human treatment remains untested.

A study led by the Innovation in Vesicles and Cells for Application in Therapy (IVECAT) group at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) has identified a key mechanism regulating the ...

How do we think, feel, remember, or move? These processes involve synaptic transmission, in which chemical signals are transmitted between nerve cells using molecular containers called vesicles. Now, ...

When a child or adult accidentally swallows a corrosive household chemical, the consequences can be devastating. The caustic ...

Video depiction of vesicle fusion and tethering. In the active zone in the central left of the video, docked vesicles (dark blue) fuse with the membrane, releasing their contents and being quickly ...