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Scientists have used biosensors to solve questions about protein production which might seem familiar to mystery board game enthusiasts.

The appropriate use of fluoride has transformed oral health over the past 70 years, in part due to the guidelines created for fluoride intake. Recently, researchers are questioning these longstanding guidelines which served as advisory recommendations for decades.

A highly effective tail is needed in order for a sperm to be able to swim, and for a baby to be conceived. By using cryo-electron tomography, researchers have identified a completely new nanostructure inside sperm tails.

In the cover article of Oncotarget, February 20, James Frost, MD, PhD, Kenneth Pienta, MD, and the late Donald Coffey, Ph.D., use a theory of physical and biophysical symmetry to derive a new conceptualization of cancer.

A computer model developed by Museum researchers may provide new insight into the origins of phagocytosis, the process by which single-celled organisms “eat” other cells as a means of absorbing nutrients or eliminating pathogens.

A study has characterized levels of pathological proteins from throughout the bodies of Parkinson's Disease patients, revealing some surprising findings.

RMIT biomedical engineers have successfully produced a 3D material that mimics nature to transform cells into muscle.

Regulating the lipid and physical asymmetry of a cell’s membrane is critical to immune cell function, and researchers have now shown that by preventing loss of membrane asymmetry it’s possible to control the immune response.

In some ways, the Ebola virus operates like a vampire; only after it is politely invited in to a host cell does it take up the task of destroying everything in its path. In a new study researchers seek to elucidate quantitatively the biomechanical mechanism of Ebola-host cell interaction, providing potential new targets for antiviral drug development.

Scientists have combined an advanced method of diffusion-weighted MR imaging with intelligent image analysis methods to detect malignant changes in tissues. This method may help avoid many control biopsies following suspicious findings from mammography screening.