Randomness inside cells can decide whether a cancer returns after chemotherapy or whether an infection survives antibiotics.

For the first time, scientists have answered a longstanding question in cell biology about a partnership of proteins called ...

Microbes often display cooperative behavior in which individual cells put in work and sacrifice resources to collectively ...

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...

The constant, energy-driven motion inside living cells may generate electricity in a way no one fully recognized before.

For millions living with nerve pain, even a light touch can feel unbearable. Scientists have long suspected that damaged ...

The study's main contributors include (L-R) graduate student Joshua Shaffer, professor Upasna Sharma, and postdoc Alka Gupta. (Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta) The pioneering research of UC Santa Cruz’s ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

Spatial proteomics is the study of the spatial distribution of the proteins within cells and tissues. The subcellular localization of proteins is intrinsic to cellular function, making spatial ...