Cell–cell fusion remains the least understood type of membrane fusion process. However,
the last few years have brought about major advances in understanding fusion between …

Cell–cell fusion in sexually reproducing organisms is a mechanism to merge gamete
genomes and, in multicellular organisms, it is a strategy to sculpt organs, such as muscle …

The precise rotational manipulation of single cells or organisms is invaluable to many
applications in biology, chemistry, physics and medicine. In this article, we describe an …

Numerous viruses use specialized surface molecules called fusogens to enter host cells.
Many of these viruses, including the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

In biomembrane fusion pathways, membranes are destabilized through insertions of
amphipathic protein segments, lipid reorganization via hemifusion, protein restructuring, and …

Caenorhabditis elegans is a powerful model for analysis of the conserved mechanisms that
modulate healthy aging. In the aging nematode nervous system, neuronal death and/or …

Functional regeneration after nervous system injury requires transected axons to reconnect
with their original target tissue. Axonal fusion, a spontaneous regenerative mechanism …

Flexible manipulation techniques for living cells and organisms are extremely useful tools for
fundamental biomedical and life science research. Acoustic tweezers, which permit non …

The correct wiring of neuronal circuits depends on outgrowth and guidance of neuronal
processes during development. In the past two decades, great progress has been made in …

Axons are considered to be particularly vulnerable components of the nervous system;
impairments to a neuron's axon leads to an effective silencing of a neuron's ability to …