Building bridges within the cell, using light
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 - 12:22
in Biology & Nature
Each cell in the body is made up of a number of tiny sealed membranous subunits called organelles, and they send things like lipids back and forth to allow the cell to function. A process called membrane tethering is responsible for bridging the gap between organelles, and now, researchers have discovered a way to manipulate this tethering.