The respiratory virus HMPV uses its fusion (F) protein – which interacts with cellular receptors called integrins – to bind to and enter target cells.

The protein Syk is essential for clearing away neuron “corpses” in the developing peripheral nervous system.

A transcription factor called LIP is capable of causing one cell to consume another.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center welcomed 109 new doctoral students into the scientific community last week in the third annual “Simple Beginnings” ceremony.

Inhibitory neurons that connect and regulate signaling in the brain (interneurons) may contribute to epilepsy and autism in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex.

The spinal cord’s neuropeptide Y signaling pathway may be a good target for new pain therapeutics.