Researchers have captured the first cryo-electron microscopy snapshots of the cold-sensing ion channel TRPM8 in its open ...

TRPM8, a key cold-sensing protein in nerve cells, activates to send “cold” signals to the brain when exposed to low ...

How do we feel cold? Nobel Prize-winning researchers have discovered the molecular mechanism of the TRPM8 "cold sensor" ...

CRISPR is a powerful DNA-editing tool that has underpinned huge advancements in human health care in the last decade. It is a ...

Collaboration between researchers at the University of Geneva, Institut de biologie structurale de Grenoble, and the University of Fribourg has shown how lipids and proteins in cell membranes react in ...

The biology behind muscle pain: calcium chaos, microscopic damage, and the overlooked mechanism that explains how statins can ...

High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy makes it possible to study complex enzymatic processes in detail. With this method, a research team of the University of Potsdam and Humboldt-Universität ...

Cell membranes play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity and functionality of cells. However, the mechanisms by which they perform these roles are not yet fully understood. Scientists from the ...

Researchers revealed a CRISPR system that activates gene expression rather than cutting DNA, using RNA-guided targeting. The ...