An international research team led by Umeå professor Magnus Wolf-Watz has discovered how the magnesium atom directs the chemistry that catalyzes the production of the energy molecule ATP in a cell.

Researchers identified how leptin, a hormone from fat cells, fuels estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. The study found ...

The cells of all living organisms are powered by the same chemical fuel: adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Now, researchers have found a way to generate ATP directly from electricity, which could ...

Every heartbeat, muscle contraction, and thought depends on phosphorus. It forms part of ATP, the molecule that fuels almost ...