Damage to the mitochondria, the 'power plants' of the cells, contributes to many diseases. Researchers now describe how cells with defective mitochondria activate a special recycling system to ...

Damage to the genetic material of mitochondria – the mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA for short – can lead to diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's ...

Plant cells without walls, known as protoplasts, are very fragile, and it has been difficult to keep them alive under a ...

Scientists are looking for answers about how these confounding trips, known as metastases, occur throughout the human body ...

By Dawn Attride for Sentient. Broadcast version by Chrystal Blair for Michigan News Connection reporting for the ...

ORNL scientists created a biosensor technology that lets researchers visualize and track RNA activity in living plants, using ...

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed the first-ever method of detecting ribonucleic acid, or RNA, ...

A company in the Netherlands says it has perfected a way to create "graft chimeras" with the skin of one plant and the ...

Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

However, all DCL may act on long dsRNA molecules introduced into the plant. Therefore, both TGS and PTGS need to be considered when analyzing RNAi-induced effects in GM plants (Table 1). Implications ...

Plants don't just grow, they build. From towering trees to delicate flowers, complex plant shapes are sculpted with ...

Biology — the science of life, living things and the processes that keep us all running — links up in essential ways with ...