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New methods to directly visualize Rho GTPases reveal how a protein called RhoGDI regulates the activity of these 'molecular switches' at the plasma membrane.

A new mouse model of sepsis can reproduce the long-term muscle weakness seen in patients who survive this life-threatening illness.

Experiments on flies suggest that a gain-of-function mechanism in a protein called CSPɑ contributes to the progressive brain disease CLN4.

Rare genetic variants in yeast explain a large amount of phenotypic variation in a complex trait like growth.

The corn smut fungus uses two different mechanisms to control its cell cycle when it is infecting plants.

Neutrophils are the first immune cells that enter the skin and cause itch in atopic dermatitis.

Two new unicellular organisms reveal that coordinated contractions of groups of cells using actomyosin predated animal multicellularity during evolution.

New studies examine how the different sub-structures in the cerebellum are organized to receive information during complex behavioral tasks.

Exposing chicks to one hour of light during the night disrupts the releaseof a hormone that is needed by cells in the developing brain to survive.

Experiments on zebrafish show that the regeneration of the heart after an injury depends on lymphatic vessels.