(Nanowerk News) Drawing inspiration from natural sensory systems, an MIT-led team has designed a novel sensor that could detect the same molecules that naturally occurring cell receptors can identify.

A set of new imaging tools now allows researchers to see how specific fat molecules, called phospholipids, are distributed ...

image: An MIT-led team designed a sensor that may be deployed to screen patients for hard-to-diagnose cancers, or metastatic tumors. The device draws inspiration from the membrane that surrounds all ...

An MIT-led team designed a sensor that may be deployed to screen patients for hard-to-diagnose cancers, or metastatic tumors. The device draws inspiration from the membrane that surrounds all cells.

A study could open new pathways for understanding how cholesterol influences cell membranes and their receptors, paving the way for future research on diseases linked to membrane organization. A new ...

Biological membranes of cells and their subunits (organelles) are organized into tiny regions (nanodomains) made up of fats ...

研究人员概述了一种技术，该技术可通过称为"液-液相分离"的过程在细胞内形成微小的液滴状区室，从而稳定合成基因电路。 研究团队发现，被植物病原体灰霉菌（Botrytis cinerea）感染的供体植物，会通过 CMN 转移茉莉酸（jasmonic acid），该物质在受体植物中充当 ...