A mutation in the CLCN6 gene is associated with a novel, particularly severe neurodegenerative disorder. Scientists from the…

Given that phages are able to destroy bacteria, they are of particular interest to science. Basic researchers from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für…

It appears that autophagy protects our neurons in the brain, but evidently for entirely different reasons than previously assumed, as researchers from…

Cellular waste disposal, where autophagy and lysosomes interact, performs elementary functions, such as degrading damaged protein molecules, which…

IMMUNITY VRAC/LRRC8 chloride channels do not only play a decisive role in the transport of cytostatics, amino acids and neurotransmitters. They can…

NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY A new approach brings the hope of new therapeutic options for suppressing seasonal influenza and avian flu: On the basis of an…

NATURE CELL BIOLOGY The activation of mTor complex 1 in the cell is central to many vital processes in the body such as cell growth and metabolism.…