Cell Biology
Ferrets, cats and civets most susceptible to coronavirus infection after humans
Ducks, rats, mice, pigs and chickens had lower or no susceptibility to infection Credit: Javier Delgado Humans, followed by ferrets...
Reductive stress in neuroblastoma cells aggregates protein and impairs neurogenesis
Further understanding is needed of the redox change called reductive stress and its impact on the onset and progression of...
Deep Longevity publishes an epigenetic aging clock of unprecedented accuracy
DeepMAge is an epigenetic aging clock with a 2.77 years error margin, which makes it the most accurate DNAm clock...
How poor oral hygiene may result in metabolic syndrome
Credit: Department of Periodontology,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify a novel mechanism by which periodontal disease...
New findings shed light on the repair of UV-induced DNA damage
The impact of the protein degradation system on DNA damage recognition and repair Credit: Kobe University An international research team...
Scientists discover how COVID-19 virus causes multiple organ failure in mice
UCLA researchers study the disease’s systemic effects Credit: JCI Insight/UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center UCLA researchers are the first...
‘Virtual virus’ unfolds the flu on a CPU
By combining experimental data from X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, cryoelectron microscopy and lipidomics (the study of cellular lipid networks), researchers...
The unknotted strand of life
No one had checked before, but RNA, the nucleic acid involved in many cell functions including protein synthesis, appears to...
How cells communicate
During embryonal development of vertebrates, signaling molecules inform each cell at which position it is located. In this way, the...
Patterns of RNA Regulation in the Nuclei of Plants
When the human genome was first sequenced, experts predicted they would find about 100,000 genes. The actual number has turned...
Cells ‘feel’ their surroundings using finger-like structures
Cells have finger-like projections that they use to feel their surroundings. They can detect the chemical environment and they can...
Researchers Model the Mechanics of Cells’ Long-range Communication
Interdisciplinary research at the University of Pennsylvania is showing how cells interact over long distances within fibrous tissue, like that...
Revolutionizing genome engineering
Genome engineering with the RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas9 system in animals and plants is changing biology. It is easier to use and...
Scientists discover an on/off switch for aging cells
Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered an on-and-off “switch” in cells that may hold the key to healthy aging....