Lipids, or fats, are essential to life. They form the membranes around cells, protecting them from the outside. In nature, ...

An important mechanism in fat cells (adipocytes) that allows them to safely enlarge to store energy has been discovered by a ...

A CNIC study published in Nature Communications reveals that caveolae in adipocytes help safely store excess fat, preventing ...

A research team has identified an essential mechanism in fat cells (adipocytes) that enables them to enlarge safely to store ...

A team at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), led by Professor Miguel Ángel del Pozo Barriuso, who heads the Mechanoadaptation and Caveolae Biology group at the CNIC, has ...

This valuable study proposes a novel rapid-entry mechanism of S. aureus that involves the rapid release of calcium from lysosomes. The strength of the paper lies in a very interesting hypothesis; what ...