Solving a biological puzzle: How stress causes gray hair
Harvard scientists uncover link between the nervous system and stem cells that regenerate pigmentCredit: Hsu Laboratory, Harvard University When Marie ...
Tag: Cell Biology
Autoimmunity may explain why an important immune system is absent in many bacteria
Credit: Ellinor O. Alseth New findings from University of Exeter researchers reveal how bacterial immune systems can be harmful for ...
Kids born to moms with gestational diabetes and preeclampsia at greater risk for obesity
New longitudinal study shows link between multiple metabolic disorders in mothers during pregnancy and children's body mass indexes later in ...
Male fertility after chemotherapy: New questions raised
A pilot study conducted by Canadian researchers highlights the effect of chemotherapy on male fertility before and after pubertyCredit: GĂ©raldine ...
New tool for investigating brain cells, Parkinson’s, and more
Credit: Furukawa lab/CSHL, 2020 NMDARs (N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors) serve as valves on nerve cells, controlling the flow of electrical signals in ...
Drug combo reverses arthritis in rats
A combination of 2 previously studied osteoarthritis drugs work better than either drug alone, Salk researchers discoveredCredit: Salk Institute LA ...
New roles found for Huntington’s disease protein
Crucial role in synapse formation could be new avenue toward treatmentCredit: Caley Burrus, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke ...
Ultrafast camera takes 1 trillion frames per second of transparent objects and phenomena
Lihong Wang has adapted his picosecond imaging technology to take pictures and video of transparent objects like cells and phenomena ...
Mosquitoes are drawn to flowers as much as people — and now scientists know why
Credit: Kiley Riffell Without their keen sense of smell, mosquitoes wouldn't get very far. They rely on this sense to ...
Researcher discovers previously rejected function in the brain’s blood vessels
Credit: Lauritzen Lab, University of Copenhagen Allegedly, they should not exist in the brain, the so-called precapillary sphincters - a ...
The properties of thin titanium oxide films have been studied
A team of scientists from the Research and Education Center 'Functional Nanomaterials' of Kant Baltic State University works on the ...
UMMS scientist shows gene therapy protection of eyesight in models of multiple sclerosis
Research identifies mechanism of synaptic damage in certain neurodegenerative disordersCredit: UMass Medical School New research by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, ...
New image analysis method for time-lapse microscopy shows how giant viruses infect amoeba
Scientists at Tokyo University of Science, Japan, devised a new method that reveals how amoebae react to infection by giant ...
Researchers solve protein structures to fight asthma
Credit: Anastasiia Gusach et al./Nature Communications Biophysicists from the MIPT Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases have ...
Scientists show we don’t need horses to treat diphtheria
Research funded by PETA Science Group breaks new ground with animal-free antibodiesCredit: PETA India London - A project taking the ...
Stage is set to develop clinically relevant, senescence-based biomarkers of aging
Proteomic Atlas of Senescence-Associated Secretomes can be used by the research community to speed translation of therapeutics to clinical useCredit: ...
Low doses of radiation used in medical imaging lead to mutations in cell cultures
Discovery that radiation creates breaks that allow in foreign DNA must be confirmed in animal studiesCredit: Kevin Mackenzie, University of ...
Cancer study may accidentally help researchers create usable blood stem cells
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A massive research effort over more than a quarter century has tried to make ...
Physicists design ‘super-human’ red blood cells to deliver drugs to specific targets
Credit: Georgia Kirkos, McMaster University A team of physicists from McMaster University has developed a process to modify red blood ...
Pulling the plug on calcium pumps — potential new treatment strategy for pancreatic cancer
Credit: University of Manchester UK scientists have identified a new way to kill pancreatic cancer cells by 'pulling the plug' ...
