A hidden “jack-in-the-box” mechanism inside T cells may hold the key to unlocking more powerful cancer immunotherapies.

One of the most exciting advances in cancer treatments in the past decade is the development of T cell immunotherapies, in which a patient's own immune system is trained to recognize and attack ...

One of the most exciting advances in cancer treatments in the past decade is the development of T cell immunotherapies, in which a patient's own immune system is trained to recognize and attack ...

One of the most exciting advances in cancer treatments in the past decade is the development of T cell immunotherapies, in which a patient's own ...

Dynamin is a protein that plays a central role in endocytosis—the process where cells internalize substances by wrapping them in cell membrane vesicles. For a vesicle to detach, the neck of the ...

The fundamental nature of living things challenges assumptions that physicists have held for centuries.

We know that the process of viral uptake into cells begins with interactions between proteins hemagglutinin and neuraminidase ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way plants fight disease by teaming up with beneficial fungi that literally ...

No one has yet created a fully functioning artificial cell. But a research team at Aarhus University has taken a step in that ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Researchers discovered that a tiny structural feature of the enzyme GPX4 helps keep neurons safe. A rare mutation removes ...

The origins of complex, nucleated cellular life – everything from amoebas to humans – may date back a lot further in Earth's ...