Tag: Cell Biology

Video shows single-cell organism making complex decisionsCredit: Image credit: Joseph Dexter and Sudhakaran Prabakaran/Current Biology. HANOVER, N.H. - December 5, ...

Credit: Varpu Marjomäki/University of Jyväskylä It has long been suggested that a cell protease could take part in enterovirus infection. ...

Credit: Mika Reinisalo Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed two new cell models that can open up ...

Personalized medicine approach using a human Colon Chip opens up gateway to study mucus barrier functions in patients with intestinal ...

Credit: Strang Laboratory of Apoptosis and Cancer Biology at The Rockefeller University All neurodegenerative diseases have a common thread: the ...

Scientists discover multiple mechanisms at work in widely-used diabetes drug metforminCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(December 3, 2019) Metformin is the ...

Credit: John Innes Centre Streptomyces bacteria are our primary source of antibiotics, which are produced in the transition from vegetative ...

Archaeon can crunch meteorite and feed on itCredit: Tetyana Milojevic Chemolithotrophic microorganisms derive their energy from inorganic sources. Research into ...

Credit: Source: Carsten Schwan/ Jelena Tosic A research team headed by Prof. Dr. Sebastian Arnold and Jelena Tosic from the ...

Proof of concept for changing mitochondrial respirationCredit: Flinders University Success with improving a model plant's response to harsh conditions is ...

Credit: Andrew Davis Researchers have identified the critical last pieces of a genetic defence system that gives oats resistance to ...

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center When prostate cancer spreads, it most often spreads to bone. And while the 5-year ...

Credit: Francisco Martínez, IRB Barcelona. To understand the molecular bases of cancer, it is imperative to determine the genetic alterations ...

New mechanism to explain how the cell organelle that sorts and distributes substances entering a cell is formed and maintainedCredit: ...

Credit: Daniel Keri, EPFL Called the "second secret of life", allostery is one of the most fundamental processes of biology ...

Credit: Hokkaido University Scientists have discovered non-coding RNA has a novel role to fine-tune gene expressions during stress recovery, getting ...

High-throughput synthetic biology approach reveals hidden AAV features and could help fast-track future gene therapiesCredit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University ...

Study in Nature sheds new light on heart treatment controversyCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI -- Stem cell therapy helps hearts recover ...

Researchers led by a team from the University of Tsukuba identify a protein that suppresses retroviruses in the human genome, ...

Credit: Earlham Institute (EI) EI is part of the global effort to sequence the DNA all of the known species ...