A team of scientists has answered a long-standing question in cell biology, uncovering how the cell's main energy currency, ...

Understanding how the energy-carrying molecule in cells does its job may have major implications for combating cancer and type 2 diabetes, among other diseases.

Mice genetically engineered to lack the ability to make the amino acid cysteine, and fed a cysteine-free diet, lost 30% of their body weight in just one week, a new study shows.