Review highlights solute carriers as targets for central nervous system disorders
Solute carriers (SLCs) are specialized transport proteins that control the movement of nutrients, ions and neurotransmitters across cell…
Scientists capture how bacteria build their protective antibiotic-resistant barriers
Gram-negative bacteria are responsible for causing several infections that are hard to treat, owing to their high resistance…
Fleeting interactions between membrane sugar chains control cell division
Acting as an armor, a scaffold, and a communication platform in one, our cells’ plasma membrane lies at…
New study identifies key pathway for delivering antisense cancer drugs
Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) have been proposed as a therapeutic approach to shut down the production of faulty proteins…
Cigarette smoke extract primes airway cells for greater nanoplastic damage
A laboratory model reveals how smoke-damaged epithelial barriers may leave airway cells more vulnerable to a second environmental…
New strategy combines cancer immunotherapy and gene therapy in a single nanoparticle
Cancer cells survive by hiding from the immune system’s surveillance. A KAIST research team has developed a new…
Primate study reveals molecular basis of red-green color vision
Human color vision depends on three types of cone cells in the retina. Although all three contain the…
Emerging non-endocytic transmembrane delivery strategies for precision medicine
Conventional endocytosis-mediated delivery is limited by poor endosomal escape efficiency, making intracellular delivery of therapeutic biomacromolecules a long-standing…
Understanding the role of cerebral venous flow in idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a rare and poorly understood neurological disorder that affects 1 to 20 people…
Antifungal nanoparticles made from immune cell membranes fight infections
Tiny particles made from the membranes of human immune cells could offer a promising new way to fight…
New pair of techniques can speed up the search for better tuberculosis drugs
Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the world’s deadliest single-agent caused infection, responsible for 1.23…
New high-throughput biological sensors track cellular lipid molecules
Inside every cell are lipid molecules that make up cellular membranes, helping organelles communicate and respond to stress.…