Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ...

Lipid membranes, which form the outer layer of cells, can be engineered to influence cellular functions. For example, ...

This fundamental study combines in vitro reconstitution experiments and molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate how membrane lipids are transported from the outer to the inner membrane of ...

Innovative delivery techniques, including high-tech nanoparticles and electroporationdevices, may convey more gene therapies into the clinic.

To achieve this, they designed a molecule with two domains. One domain enables the molecule to bind to lipids in the cell membrane, which leads to the molecule entering the cell and moving to the ...

It is now becoming clear that lipid micro-environments ... Hedgehog is a membrane-bound ligand and needs to be released from its cell of origin so it can signal to cells several layers away.

Global research shows how plankton adapt their cell membranes to survive changing ocean light, nutrients, and temperature.

Lipid membranes, which form the outer layer of cells, can be engineered to influence cellular functions. For example, adjusting the permeability of ...

This balancing act allows for the formation of membrane domains—self ... and the hoops cells go through to make their lipids dance in just the right way." The work is published in the journal ...

Bioengineering assistant professor Girgis Obaid at the University of Texas at Dallas and cancer researcher Rolf Brekken at UT ...

Further experiments showed that this protein was mainly produced by cells in the intestinal ... species through their membrane anionic Cer1Ps rather than other lipids.” Interestingly, unlike ...