Functioning brain cells need a functioning system for picking up the trash and sorting the recycling. But when the cellular ...

New research, published today in the journal Science, shows how lysosomes - organelles that act like cells' waste disposal system - respond to stress by becoming abnormally bloated, a process called ...

What role do lysosomes play in cells, and how does lysosomal vacuolation affect their function? Lysosomes are essential for cell health. Like a waste disposal system, they digest damaged proteins, ...

When the cell's recycling stations, the lysosomes, start leaking, it can become dangerous. Toxic waste risks spreading and ...

New research, published today in the journal Science, shows how lysosomes — organelles that act like cells’ waste disposal system — respond to stress by becoming abnormally bloated, a process called ...