A 40-year-old problem in cell biology solved: How do cells eat?
The study answers long-standing questions about how cells "eat" substances around them.
BY
PRANJAL MEHAR
DECEMBER 31, 2021
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Our eating habits shape anything in our bodies. Similarly, the way cells eat has a significant impact on the cells’ health. Yet, scientists don’t know how cells eat.
A new study by the Ohio State University demonstrates how cells eat substances around them. The study shows how cell membranes curve to create the “mouths” that allow the cells to consume things surrounding them.
Scientists found that the intercellular machinery assembles into a highly curved basket-like structure that eventually grows into a closed cage.
Comert Kural, associate professor of physics at The Ohio State University and lead author of the study, said, “Membrane curvature is important. It controls the formation of the pockets that carry substances into and out of a cell.”
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It's always about surrounding the food in some way.
