Tag: Cell Biology

New study shows reducing levels of the protein tau prevents core autism symptoms in animal modelsCredit: Lauren Bayless, Gladstone Institutes ...

Credit: Pierre-Marc Delaux For billions of years life on Earth was restricted to aquatic environments, the oceans, seas, rivers and ...

Credit: Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum A research team has uncovered a genetic signature that enables cells to adapt their ...

A new compound with the potential to turn genes on and off could lead to new cancer and hereditary disease ...

Gene therapy to treat Huntington's diseaseCredit: Gong Chen and Zheng Wu Huntington's disease (HD) is a rare disease characterized by ...

Canadian scientists take one step closer towards a better understanding of Batten disease Credit: Stéphane Lefrançois, INRS Laval, February 28 ...

Credit: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The iconic stripes of zebrafish are a classic example of natural self-organization. As zebrafish ...

UC Riverside-led rat study finds an immune receptor in the hippocampus is responsible for the onset of the disease after ...

Credit: Image by Christopher Morrow MADISON - New research by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists reveals how a cellular filament helps ...

Communities of bacteria known as biofilms are notorious for forming on implanted medical devices and tissues in the body, where ...

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University A typo appearing in the draft of a novel is no great ...

This strategy can open new avenues to improve the effectiveness of therapies in thousands of patients who are currently being ...

Credit: Saarland University/Thorsten Mohr Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are the pack animals of the human circulatory system. They transport oxygen ...

Researchers at Osaka University find that a tadpole-like tunicate with nonconventional left-right patterning lacks the Nodal gene found in other ...

Research team with participation from the University of Göttingen analyses flagellar locomotionCredit: Sarah Mohammadinejed, University of Göttingen The magnetotactic bacterium ...

Credit: Joël Bloch / ETH Zurich Many of the membrane proteins in eukaryotic cells are decorated with complex sugar trees ...

Credit: University of Southampton Research on novel nanoelectronics devices led by the University of Southampton enabled brain neurons and artificial ...

Manipulating cellular metabolism may provide a promising therapeutic intervention in autoimmune diseasesCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Patients with autoimmune diseases ...

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Aggressive colorectal cancers set up an interactive network of checkpoints to keep the ...

C. elegans study from the lab of Matthew Gill, PhD, presents new direction for research on type 2 diabetes, insulin ...