Apicoplasts are organelles that were discovered in parasites like the one that causes malaria. How did scientists discover these organelles, and what do they do?

The primary cilium has gone from being an oddity, with no known function, to an organelle that is at the center of our understanding of both fundamental cell sensory processes and a variety of ...

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a crucial organelle present in all eukaryotic cells, including human cells. The ER plays a ...

One way is to get rid of damaged parts through a process called mitophagy. However, researchers have now found a new pathway involving MLRO. MLRO is a unique organelle formed by the fusion of a ...

However, UC Riverside scientists have only now discovered that organelle's key role in aging. The researchers had initially ...