MIT study suggests 3D folding of the genome is key to cells’ ability to store and pass on “memories” of which genes they should express.

The vibrating platform could be useful for growing artificial muscles to power soft robots and testing therapies for neuromuscular diseases.

Chemists discover the structures of open and closed states of the channel, which could help the development of antiviral drugs to reduce inflammation.

The findings could help doctors identify cancer patients who would benefit the most from drugs called checkpoint blockade inhibitors.

Researchers compared a pair of superficially similar motor neurons in fruit flies to examine how their differing use of the same genome produced distinctions in form and function.

A single protein can self-assemble to build the scaffold for a biomolecular condensate that makes up a key nucleolar compartment.

In addition to turning on genes involved in cell defense, the STING protein also acts as an ion channel, allowing it to control a wide variety of immune responses.

MIT researchers find timing and dosage of DNA-damaging drugs are key to whether a cancer cell dies or enters senescence.

The device detects the same molecules that cell receptors do, and may enable routine early screening for cancers and other diseases.

Three-year fellowship will support Weissbourd’s research on how the C. hemisphaerica jellyfish survives and thrives by constantly making new neurons.