When we think about the blueprint of life, we tend to focus on DNA—the genetic code stored in every cell of our bodies. But ...

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists has identified a specific stage of neurodevelopment when ...

The protein factories of our cells are much more diverse than we thought they were. Scientists from the Netherlands Cancer Institute have now shown that cancer cells can use these ribosomes to ...

All living organisms' genetic information is stored in DNA, which is transcribed into RNA, which is translated into proteins ...

Ribosomes, the cell's dedicated molecular machines for protein synthesis, make all proteins in life and do so by piecing together one amino acid building block at a time.

The nucleolus is the largest structure inside the cell’s nucleus, key to cell growth and stress response. One of its main jobs is building ribosomes, which are the scaffolds that cells use to make ...

The protein factories of our cells are much more diverse than we thought they were. Scientists have now shown that cancer cells can use these so-called ribosomes to boost their invisibility cloak ...

Cells endure starvation conditions by rewiring their metabolic pathways. For example, in yeast, ribosomes are known to coat mitochondria. Exactly how this behavior promotes survival has remained ...