An unprecedented federal ban on scientific meetings halts research progress, sparking widespread concern across the ...

An enzyme that helps clear damaged mitochondria can act as a molecular switch and potentially prevent neurons from dying.

Evolutionary biologists have long hypothesized that the short-term physiological responses to stress help animals survive in ...

Lab-grown mini-brains help scientists explore how concussions reactivate latent viral infections, triggering molecular ...

Many cancers upregulate an amino acid transporter to fuel their growth, making this protein a promising tool in tumor ...

Data show that postdoctoral productivity and citations influence academic success, highlighting the underappreciated ...

Scientists identify a signaling pathway that triggers muscle fatigue in response to nervous system inflammation or infections ...

This is something that's been widely appreciated but broadly overlooked when it comes to thinking about how tissues deal with ...

Living on a diet of blood requires some specific adaptations, such as a way to keep the food source flowing. To prevent their meal from turning into an indigestible clot, mosquitoes evolved very ...

H.R.B. Pelham, "Control of protein exit from the endoplasmic reticulum," Annual Review of Cell Biology, 5, 1-23, 1989. Hugh Pelham (Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, ...

Shelby is an assistant editor for The Scientist. She earned her PhD from West Virginia University in immunology and ...