Tag: Cell Biology

February 7, 2020

Credit: Kohri N. et al., Journal of Biological Chemistry. November 8, 2019 A calf was born from an embryo lacking ...

Fly model offers new approach to unraveling ‘difficult’ pathogen

February 7, 2020

Transgenic fruit flies help scientists trace the cascade of symptoms caused by toxic infectionCredit: Bier Lab, UC San Diego The ...

UNH researchers find synchronization of memory cells critical for learning and forming memories

Credit: UNH DURHAM, N.H. - The phrase "Pavlov's dogs" has long evoked images of bells, food and salivating dogs. Even ...

How plants are built to be strong and responsive

Credit: John Innes Centre Organised cellulose fibres allow plants to grow, support themselves and store fixed carbon from the atmosphere. ...

Discovery of genes involved in infertility

Elucidation of the cell division mechanisms necessary for germ cell formationCredit: Assoc. Prof. Kei-ichiro Ishiguro Most cells in the tissues ...

Toxic protein, linked to Alzheimer’s and neurodegenerative diseases, exposed in new detail

Columbia-led team harnesses two powerful technologies to identify promising targets for diagnosing and treating neurodegenerative diseasesCredit: Veronica Falconieri Hays and ...

Researchers refute fifty-year old doctrine on cell membrane regulation

Credit: Saarland University/Thorsten Mohr The boundary between life and non-life is a remarkably narrow one. A central hallmark of life ...

Study catalogues cancer ‘fingerprints’ in decade-long global effort to map cancer genomes

Global research collaboration publishes detailed catalogue of DNA fingerprints of cancer-causing mutationsCredit: Steven G. Rozen, PhD Singapore, 6 February 2020 ...

A new approach to calm that angry nose

Osaka University-led study shows that semaphorin protein induces allergic reactions and causes formation of nasal polyps in eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitisCredit: ...

Charting immune system development in sub-Saharan African children

Research aims to boost vaccination efficacy in the populations where it matters mostCredit: Image courtesy of Dr Natalia Guimaraes Sampaio ...

Finding genetic cancer risks

EMBL scientists describe how our genetic background influences cancer developmentCredit: Rayne Zaayman-Gallant/EMBL Germline variants are present in every single cell ...

Targeting the cancer microenvironment

Researchers discover a novel checkpoint in immune cells with the potential to treat the cancer cell microenvironmentCredit: © Wolfram Weckwerth ...

Putting a finger on plant stress response

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba show that a zinc finger domain in Arabidopsis protein SIZ1 is essential for transcriptional ...

New hydrogels wither while stem cells flourish for tissue repair

Credit: Texas A&M Engineering Baby diapers, contact lenses and gelatin dessert. While seemingly unrelated, these items have one thing in ...

San Antonio partnership for Precision Therapeutics awards inaugural research funding

Research team awarded $200,000 to develop treatment for multi-organ failure due to sepsisCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Feb. ...

Stem cell research studying heart growth earns Syracuse engineer NSF CAREER award

Credit: Syracuse University Scientists have long known that some people have stronger heart muscles than others and there are multiple ...

Dietary interventions may slow onset of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders

Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Feb. 4, 2020) -- Significantly reducing dietary levels of the amino ...

Herringbone pattern in plant cell walls critical to cell growth

Credit: Gu Lab, Penn State Plant cells tend to grow longer instead of wider due to the alignment of the ...

Heart muscle cells change their energy source during heart regeneration

Credit: Hessel Honkoop and Fabian Kruse, ©Hubrecht Institute Researchers from the group of Jeroen Bakkers at the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW) ...

How cells respond appropriately in harsh environments arising from global warming