Understanding cell structure and function As imaging methods and workflows improve, researchers will be able to tackle some key questions in cell biology with different strategies.

Yale researchers and their colleagues in Hungary have discovered that cells in the hypothalamus — an area of the brain that controls functions like hunger and body temperature — play a major role in ...

The Hemifusome: A Cellular Recycling Center The hemifusome is a tiny, membrane-bound organelle that functions as a recycling center inside cells. Its primary role seems to be in organizing and ...