Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to ...

Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β)/bone morphogenic protein (BMP) signaling is involved in the vast majority of cellular processes and is fundamentally important during the entire life of all ...

A new study by Scripps Research reveals that alcohol dependence disrupts two signaling pathways in a stress-related part of ...

Researchers find that altered Homer1 gene signaling quiets brain activity and improves attention in mice, raising new ...

Cell signaling is crucial for cells to communicate and function correctly. Disruptions in these pathways, caused by genetic mutations or environmental factors, can lead to uncontrolled cell growth, ...

A tissue section from a mouse model of lung metastasis showing cancer cells (green) that have attracted and activated fibroblasts (red) to support the growth of a metastatic tumor. Image: Massagué Lab ...

To enable cells to respond and adapt to their environment, they must be able to receive and process information (or "signals") that originate outside of the cell. Cell signaling – also sometimes ...

Public moral discourse is toxic. One reason it’s so bad is that people use their discussions of morality and politics for self-promotion, rather than to help others. You may have heard people accuse ...

Virtue signaling is a newish term for moralizing, getting on our high horse, and claiming we’re more moral than other people, the low-life people out there who we gossip and snark about. Moralizing is ...