In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to be alive. Nestled inside a tiny plankton cell, researchers found a ...

In eukaryotes, the actin family is involved in many membrane-dependent processes such as exocytosis, endocytosis, phagocytosis, cell motility, cytokinesis and cell polarity 47, 48.

Most organisms fit comfortably into standard definitions of “life,” i.e., cells that grow, reproduce independently, and ...

This review focuses on the unique characteristics of mitochondrial nucleoids in mammalian cells, highlighting their ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like this one ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and ...