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An international collaboration has published groundbreaking research, shedding light on the most significant increase in complexity in the history of life's evolution on Earth: the origin of the ...

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To coordinate the mass of moving parts, eukaryotic cells evolved membrane-bound organelles ... but findings have yielded insights into cellular biology and disease progression — not to mention ...

A eukaryote is any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus. Eukaryotic cells form the foundation of complex, multicellular life, including apple trees, mushrooms, fish and humans.

How misfolded proteins are segregated and cleared is a significant question in mechanistic cell biology, since clearance of these aggregates can protect against pathologies that may otherwise arise.

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has transformed the treatment of refractory or relapsed leukemia and hematologic malignancies, particularly over the past decade. Despite its ...

Edited by Wilfred van der Donk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; received November 27, 2024; accepted February 21, 2025 ...