The dazzling beauty, the astounding diversity of self-organization -- how do these features reflect a cell's primary function? How do they determine a cell's role as a dr[...]

Efforts to protect the body from the ill effects of alcohol have been the stuff of legends, dating back to the ancient Greeks and their erroneous beliefs around the power[...]

In general, when a virus enters the body, it binds to receptors on a cell's surface. Once the virus and the cell membrane fuse, the genetic material from the virus can en[...]

Microscopes that can look inside human cells and create 3D images of objects as tiny as a ribosome -- with details all the way down to atomic level -- are now a reality. [...]

Anyone who took high school biology probably remembers drawings of the human cell, with its round nucleus toward the center and bean-shaped mitochondria nearby. What they[...]

While there may be a number of mountain-climbing nephrologists around the world, only one is known to have scaled each of the famed seven summits. Nearly two decades ago,[...]

As with many diseases, future treatments for type 1 (insulin-dependent) and type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes lie at the molecular and genetic levels. An elite team[...]

Sickle cell disease causes anemia, severe infections, excruciating pain and other symptoms. It is the leading cause of stroke in children. The genetic mutation responsibl[...]

Sean Morrison, Ph.D., Director of the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern, presents an overview of his research at the point where stem cell b[...]

Carol Tamminga, M.D., Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Chief of the Translational Neuroscience Division in Schizophrenia, is an internationally recognized expert[...]