Tag: Cell Biology

Once overlooked cellular messengers could combat antibiotic resistance

Credit: Children's National Hospital Children's National Hospital researchers for the first time have isolated bacterial extracellular vesicles from the blood ...

Tracking adeno-associated virus capsid evolution

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 18, 2020--Researchers have used high-throughput screening of adeno-associated viral (AAV) ...

Control mechanism of force-induced cell-to-cell adhesion

Credit: NIBB Using the amphibian Xenopus laevis as a model, Drs. Noriyuki Kinoshita and Naoto Ueno from the National Institute ...

Loss of protein disturbs intestinal homeostasis and can drive cancer

Credit: Marc Healy, UZH Colorectal carcinoma (CRC), the most common form of intestinal cancer, is the second leading cause of ...

Compartments without borders

New method to create 'membraneless compartments' lends insight into cellular processesCredit: Keating Lab, Penn State A new laboratory method allows ...

New research reveals that scents alter how memories are processed in the brain

Credit: Dr. Stephanie Grella (Ramirez Lab) In a new paper published in Learning and Memory, researchers from Boston University's Center ...

Composing new proteins with artificial intelligence

Using machine learning to create new proteins by translating proteins into musical scoresCredit: Markus J. Buehler WASHINGTON, March 17, 2020 ...

Passport tagging for express cargo transportation in cells

Improving the secretion of biopharmaceutical glycoproteins using a molecular passport tag that is recognized by the cargo receptorCredit: © Koichi ...

Blocking sugar structures on viruses and tumor cells

Artificial sugar-binding protein may inhibit cell growthCredit: TUM-Chair of Biological Chemistry The laboratory directed by Arne Skerra, Professor of Biological ...

Elucidation of mechanisms that coordinate cell memory inheritance with DNA replication

Solving the riddle of superbug toxin damage to gut

March 16, 2020

A powerful Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) collaboration has revealed that a bacterial superbug can prevent stem cells in the ...

Scientists have discovered the origins of the building blocks of life

March 16, 2020

Rutgers researchers retraced the evolution of enzymes over billions of yearsCredit: Vikas Nanda/Rutgers University Rutgers researchers have discovered the origins ...

Scientists can now edit multiple genome fragments at a time

March 16, 2020

CHyMErA: a new tool for simultaneous editing of multple genes and genomic fragmentsCredit: Ernesto del Aguila III, National Human Genome ...

How skin cells embark on a swift yet elaborate death

Credit: Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University Skin is our body's most ...

How sperm unpack dad’s genome so it can merge with mom’s

UC San Diego researchers discover the enzyme SPRK1's role in reorganizing the paternal genome during the first moments of fertilization ...

Blood stem cells boost immunity by keeping a record of previous infections

A newly discovered memory in our bonesCredit: © Sieweke lab/CIML These findings should have a significant impact on future vaccination ...

Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young Researchers for Judith Reichmann

Award for research on the correct passage of chromosomesCredit: Paola Bertucci, Heidelberg FRANKFURT am MAIN. Tomorrow, Dr. Judith Reichmann is ...

2020 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter prize for Shimon Sakaguchi

Coveted award honors the discovery of regulatory T cells and their role in self-toleranceCredit: Shimon Sakaguchi, Osaka FRANKFURT am MAIN. ...

NCAM2 protein plays a decisive role in the formation of structures for cognitive learning