Cell Membranes May Act Like Tiny Power Generators

Living cells may generate electricity through the natural motion of their membranes. These fast electrical signals could play ...
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Scientists Say the Constant Motion of Living Cells Could Be a Hidden Source of Electrical Power

The constant, energy-driven motion inside living cells may generate electricity in a way no one fully recognized before.
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Cell batteries: condensates charge the membrane

Researchers have determined that condensates are electrically charged droplets that can induce voltage changes across the ...
The Conversation

Cells have more mini ‘organs’ than researchers thought − unbound by membranes, these rogue organelles challenge biology’s fundamentals

Allan Albig receives funding from the National Institute of Health. Think back to that basic biology class you took in high school. You probably learned about organelles, those little “organs” inside ...
Technology Networks

Advancing Membrane Protein Research With Cell-Free Expression Systems

At the recent ELRIG Drug Discovery conference, Technology Networks<i/> spoke with Dr. Kundan Sharma to learn more about how cell-free expression platforms are transforming membrane protein research.