Tiny liquid droplets are driving a cell biology rethink
By Alla Katsnelson, Knowable Magazine, November 18, 2020 The fluid inside a living cell bustles with activity. Proteins, RNA, lipids and other molecules wiggle, zip, glide and drift through this broth — catalyzing reactions, activating receptors, relaying messages, marking viruses and other foreign molecules for destruction and performing a gazillion other tiny but crucial tasks. It all adds up to keep cells — and the life forms they’re a part of — running smoothly. Biologists have studied these cellular processes…