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Tumor cells accumulate many mutations that do not aid tumor survival but may interfere with how their proteins work.

Scientists have developed an automated tool to study cell growth and division, including hard-to-study, free-floating blood cancer cells.

A single molecular signal enhances the complexity of human brain organoids, inducing the emergence of multiple distinct brain regions.

Experiments in zebrafish suggest that motor neurons are not essential for other neurons in the reflex circuit that stabilizes gaze to form connections, contradicting previous results.

Experiments in yeast show that mutations in a protein that protects humans from the poxvirus tend to keep the protein’s activity and are resilient to mutations in the poxvirus protein it interacts with.

Experiments in Arabidopsis thaliana plants reveal insights into the mutually beneficial relationship between plants and fungi.

A hormone called Bursicon helps the insect pear psylla transition from its summer to its winter form.

Microscopy reveals how a lipid in the cell membrane called PI(4,5)P₂ controls the activity of an important receptor that relays signals in to cells.