Tag: Cell Biology

A biomarker in the blood of patients with bowel cancer may provide valuable insight into the risk of cancer relapse ...

These mind-bendingly complex crystals called the single gyroid, found in blue-winged leafbirds, have the potential to make fiber optics, solar ...

Durham, NC -- Type 2 diabetes patients who are not overweight and who have had the disorder for less than ...

Discovery in Salamanders by James W. Godwin, Ph.D., brings science closer to the development of regenerative medicine therapies BAR HARBOR, ...

Nanofiber device allows insulin to be released while defending against immune cells A team of researchers led by diabetes specialists ...

Studies on cancer are limited by the threshold at which cellular transformations become clinically detectable. However, the very initial phase ...

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba demonstrate the direct conversion of scar tissue cells to heart muscle cells in mice ...

A new study led by researchers at Washington State University has identified a protein that could be the key to ...

Researchers create novel CRISPR-based fly species as a new method of controlling gene drive spread CRISPR-based technologies offer enormous potential ...

NIH-funded pre-clinical study supports key role of neural activity in brain cancers In a study of mice, researchers showed how ...

While the term "supergene" may bring to mind the genetic hocus-pocus of Peter Parker's transformation into Spiderman, supergenes are actually ...

Cells have to constantly adapt to their surroundings in order to survive. A sudden increase in the environmental levels of ...

The mass of human chromosomes, which contain the instructions for life in nearly every cell of our bodies, has been ...

The new REsolution consortium is a public-private research partnership, supported by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), with nine partners from ...

ALS is a very severe neurodegenerative disease in which nerve cells in the spinal cord controlling muscles and movement slowly ...

A new extensive genetic resource of rat-infecting malaria parasites may help advance the development of malaria prevention and treatment strategies. ...

NIH- and USU- led study links ALS to a fat manufacturing gene and maps out a genetic therapy In a ...

Experiments aboard include studying how water bears tolerate space, whether microgravity affects symbiotic relationships, analyzing the formation of kidney stones, ...

Contributing to embryogenesis and pathogenesis through long-term in vivo molecular imaging A research group led by Takashi Saito, of the ...

Scientists from Japan, Europe and the USA have described a pathway leading to the accelerated flowering of plants in low-nitrogen ...