The discovery of a gene that causes a form of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) may provide scientists with an important insight into what causes axons, the stems of our nerve cells, to degenerate in conditions such as multiple sclerosis.

The delivery system for an important class of proteins in the cell membrane can be fully replicated with a mere three components.

Research in the worm is shedding light on a protein associated with a number of different human cancers.

Defining of novel mechanism informs understanding of cancer, aging physiology.

In findings that advance scientists' understanding of a whole class of inherited disorders, a team from The Scripps Research Institute has shed light on a mechanism that enables a potential treatment for Gaucher's disease and other lysosomal storage diseases.