Tag: Cell Biology

Credit: © Samantha Praktiknjo, MDC Two research teams from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine and their collaborators have ...

Curing genetic disease in human cells

Credit: Eyleen de Poel en Maarten Geurts, copyright UMC Utrecht and Hubrecht Institute Utrecht, The Netherlands, 20th of February 2020. ...

New discovery has important implications for treating common eye disease

Credit: Dr Sarah Doyle, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have made an important discovery with implications for ...

Gladstone scientists identify new human genes controlling HIV infection

A new study uses large-scale genetic approach to uncover human genes controlling HIV infection.Credit: Lauren Bayless, Gladstone Institutes SAN FRANCISCO, ...

Colorectal cancer partner-in-crime identified

Credit: Toyoshima Y. et al., Cancer Immunology Research. December 1, 2019 A protein that helps colorectal cancer cells spread to ...

How to keep the nucleus clean

Credit: Guifen Wu and Manfred Schmid, Aarhus University Cells are small factories that constantly produce protein and RNA molecules by ...

Study points to better medical diagnosis through levitating human blood

Floating human plasma helps researchers detect diseases like opioid addictionCredit: UBCO New research from the UBC's Okanagan campus, Harvard Medical ...

A deep dive into cellular aging

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - Feb. 20, 2020 - Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute ...

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