Recent research on MCL-1, a critical protein that is an attractive target for cancer drug development, helps explain why some ...

A research team from the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) has made a significant breakthrough in understanding how ...

Fatty diets and obesity affect the structure and function of astrocytes, the star-shaped brain cells located in the striatum, ...

Macrophages are immune cells with a split personality: some fight tumors, while others help them grow. In breast cancer, most ...

Cell Metabolism, launched in January 2005, is one of the newer titles in the Cell Press family. The journal focuses on physiology, with an emphasis on understanding the molecular basis of how the ...

Excessive physical exercise, especially without adequate rest, can damage the human body in various ways. In severe cases, it ...

How to trick the body's metabolism Date: March 3, 2025 Source: University of Southern Denmark Summary: Researchers have discovered a new way in which the liver regulates its consumption of sugar ...

Fat isn’t just a guilty pleasure — it’s cancer’s secret weapon. New research from UT Southwestern Medical Center is shedding ...

In two back-to-back publications in the journal Cell Stem Cell, researchers from the groups of Vikas Trivedi at EMBL Barcelona and Jesse Veenvliet at the MPI-CBG have used gastruloids and trunk-like ...

This suggests that stellate cells play a previously unknown role in controlling liver metabolism by directing other cell types, introducing a new mode of cell-to-cell communication.

Age: Metabolism naturally slows as you age—but potentially not until your 60s. Researchers theorize this could be partly due to age-related changes in your body's cells and decreased muscle mass.

Researchers at the University of Cologne have identified the key mitochondrial protein AIFM1 as a central coordinator of ...