A deep dive into cellular aging
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - Feb. 20, 2020 - Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute ...
Tag: Cell Biology
Plant-based relatives of cholesterol could give boost to gene therapy
Credit: Image provided by Gaurav Sahay, OSU College of Pharmacy. PORTLAND, Ore. - Gene-infused nanoparticles used for combating disease work ...
CPRIT grant draws cell imaging specialist to Rice
Anna-Karin Gustavsson brings expertise in single-molecule imaging to bear on cancer researchCredit: Courtesy of Anna-Karin Gustavsson HOUSTON - (Feb. 19, ...
Scientists develop more accurate stem-cell model of early developing mouse embryo
Credit: Núria Taberner, ©Hubrecht Institute Scientists from the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW) and the University of Cambridge (UK) have managed to ...
Controversy swirls around adipose-derived cell therapies for reparative medicine
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 19, 2020--Challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's current approach ...
Eliminating viruses in our food with cranberries and citrus fruit
A team of Canadian researchers is developing a treatment combining fruit extracts and irradiation to prevent outbreaks of foodborne infectionsCredit: ...
Altered potassium levels in neurons may cause mood swings in bipolar disorder
Salk researchers also find additional differences between the neurons of people with bipolar disorder who respond to lithium and those ...
A new model of the worm C. elegans to progress in the study of a rare disease
The IDIBELL Neurometabolic Diseases group, with international collaboration, has identified a model of chromosome X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (x-ALD) in the earthworm ...
UCLA researchers discover new compound that promotes lung health
Molecule helps maintain a balance between stem cells and mature airway cellsCredit: Broad Stem Cell Research Center A molecule identified ...
IU researcher makes skin cancer discovery
Scientist identifies new areas in human genomes linked to riskCredit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana University cancer ...
Reproductive genome from the laboratory
Max Planck researchers have for the first time developed a genome the size of a minimal cell that can copy ...
NIH study supports new approach for treating cerebral malaria
Findings suggest drugs targeting immune cells may help treat deadly disease mainly affecting childrenCredit: Image courtesy of McGavern Lab/National Institute ...
Empowering the cell’s disposal system to deal with disease-prone garbage
PROXIDRUGS project led by Goethe University included in concept phase of 'Clusters4Future' program - search for novel active components for ...
Pancreatic cancer ‘time machine’ exposes plot twist in cell growth and invasion
Credit: Purdue University image/Stephanie Venis, Hye-ran Moon and Bumsoo Han WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Pancreatic cancer has one of the ...
New technique tracks individual protein movement on live cells
New microscopy method allows researchers to follow individual molecules over long periods of time as they move along and inside ...
Cancer immunotherapy target helps fight solid tumors
Solid tumors are notoriously hard to treat with immunotherapy, but new research provides a target for disarming these cancers and ...
New high-throughput method to study gene splicing at an unprecedented scale
A new technique to follow the splicing of thousands of genes shows that it may occur far more often than ...
What induces sleep? For fruit flies it’s stress at the cellular level
Researchers reveal that fruit fly sleep is induced by cellular oxidative stress, which may explain why chronic lack of sleep ...
The functional diversity in a noxious heat and chemical sensor among mosquito species
Researchers in the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan discovered functional differences in TRPA1 which serves as a receptor ...
Scientists discover that human cell function removes extracellular amyloid protein
Credit: Eisuke Itakura The accumulation of aberrant proteins in the body will cause various neurodegenerative diseases. Amyloid β, one of ...
