Tag: Cell Biology

MU researchers improve animal welfare by discovering genetic mutations that cause diseaseCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Humans and ...

Why a single molecule called CD166 could unlock new cancer therapies

IU Simon Cancer Center researchers receive $3 million in NIH grantsCredit: IU School of Medicine More than $3 million from ...

Research team finds possible new approach for sleeping sickness drugs

X-ray laser reveals structure of a key enzyme of the parasite Trypanosoma bruceiCredit: Credit: University of Lübeck/DESY, Lars Redecke Using ...

WPI researcher to probe link between cell death, calcification, and heart valve disease

American Heart Association awards $154,000 for research into leading cause of aortic valve dysfunctionCredit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - ...

The first roadmap for ovarian aging

Scientists discover how non-human primate ovaries age, with implications for human fertilityCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(January 30, 2020) Due to ...

Salk scientists link rapid brain growth in autism to DNA damage

During development, cells generated from people with autism have frequent breaks in the DNA of certain genesCredit: Salk Institute LA ...

New insights into how the human brain solves complex decision-making problems

Credit: KAIST A new study on meta reinforcement learning algorithms helps us understand how the human brain learns to adapt ...

Double trouble: A drug for alcoholism can also treat cancer by targeting macrophages

New research presents a first-of-its-kind cancer treatment strategy that targets a pro-tumor protein FROUNT and suppresses tumor-associated macrophagesCredit: Tokyo University ...

Cells’ springy coils pump bursts of RNA

Rice University model quantifies basic processes of transcriptionCredit: Alena Klindziuk/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 30, 2020) - In your cells, ...

New inhibitor shows promise against metastatic prostate cancer

Stony Brook-led team receives $4.2 million NCI grant to advance researchCredit: Stony Brook University STONY BROOK, NY, January 29, 2020 ...

Can chickpea genes save mustard seeds from blight disease?

Credit: Urooj Fatima, Priyadarshini Bhorali, and Muthappa Senthil-Kumar During visits to fields in Assam, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, India, plant ...

Biophysicists find ‘extra’ component in molecular motor

Credit: Alexey Vlasov et al./Scientific Reports Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have discovered an additional component ...

A targeted therapy for triple negative breast cancer may lie existing drugs

Breakthrough findings from a new study point toward the first targeted therapy for an aggressive form of breast cancer that ...

Scientists discover how malaria parasites import sugar

Credit: David Drew The consumption of sugar is a fundamental source of fuel in most living organisms. In the malaria ...

Researchers combine technologies to resolve plant pathogen genomes

Credit: Cris Thompson for Virginia Tech. With the help of new genomic sequencing and assembly tools, plant scientists can learn ...

Common form of heart failure could be treated with already approved anticancer drug

Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - When it comes to finding new treatments for ...

Scientists discover link between autism and cognitive impairment

Mouse study identifies a brain mechanism underlying social deficits and mental disability in a finding that could lead to new ...

Guardian angel of the eye

Protective protein in the eye lens affects protein oxidationCredit: Christoph Kaiser / TUM The lens of the human eye comprises ...

NYUAD researchers develop new approach to more efficiently store and preserve human cells

Credit: Mohammad A. Qasaimeh/NYU Abu Dhabi Fast facts: Scientists at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a new technique that allows ...

Single-cell sequencing of CLL therapy: Shared genetic program, patient-specific execution