Tag: Cell Biology

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Understanding the mechanisms that mediate widespread DNA damage in the cancer genome is of great ...

Gene mutation in the chloride channel triggers rare high blood pressure syndrome

Credit: Audrey H. Soria, FMP When the adrenal gland produces too much aldosterone, this often leads to high blood pressure ...

New findings about mechanisms regulating brain inflammation

This discovery could become new therapeutic targets to use in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson´s and Alzheimer´sCredit: Art work done ...

New journal to explore the ‘mysterious ecosystem’ in our gut

Credit: Cambridge University Press/Nutrition Society A new open access journal from Cambridge University Press, published in partnership with The Nutrition ...

Allen Institute debuts new window into brain cell communication

Coupled with new research on brain cell types and connections, these data allow the scientific community to explore questions about ...

New method for quicker and simpler production of lipidated proteins

Credit: © TU Graz/ORGC Some of the body's proteins are not just made up of amino acids, they are also ...

SLAS Discovery releases special issue

'Membrane proteins: New approaches to probes, technologies and drug design' now availableCredit: David James Group Oak Brook, IL - October's ...

International consortium with CeMM PI Joanna Loizou receives ERC Synergy Grant

Credit: Steve P. Jackson, Joanna Loizou and Jacob Corn ERC Synergy Grants are intended to enable a minimum of two ...

Overcoming the blood-brain-barrier: Delivering therapeutics to the brain

Credit: Professor Moein Moghimi, Newcastle University, UK For the first time, scientists have identified a simple way that can effectively ...

Deciphering the early stages of Parkinson’s disease is a matter of time

The secret to deciphering elderly disorders is understanding how key proteins organize themselves over timeCredit: Guilherme A. P. de Oliveira ...

When studying immune cells, environment matters

Report urges researchers to look outside the petri dish and into the body to study T cell metabolismCredit: Image courtesy ...

‘Sticky’ gene may help Valium calm nerves

NIH mouse study could prompt scientists to rethink how benzodiazepines workCredit: Courtesy of Lu lab, NIH/NINDS. Between 1999 and 2017, ...

Scientists ask: How can liquid organelles in cells coexist without merging?

Physicists use model systems to explore the forces that may be at playCredit: Credit: Ibraheem Alshareedah / Priya Banerjee Laboratory ...

Scientists at the MDI biological laboratory are decoding the genetic mechanisms of aging

Discoveries could one day lead to new drugs to prolong healthy human lifespanCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- ...

‘Tricked’ bacteria open new pathways to antimicrobial treatments

Credit: University of Leeds Scientists have developed a new technique to trick bacteria into revealing hundreds of holes in their ...

Researchers discover how chlamydia takes up new DNA from host

Credit: Hefty Lab LAWRENCE -- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chlamydia trachomatis is the most commonly ...

Plant death may reveal genetic mechanisms underlying cell self-destruction

Loss of protein homeostasis is involved in programmed cell death during hybrid lethality in plantsCredit: Tetsuya Yamada, TUAT Hybrid plants ...

MDI Biological Laboratory scientist receives federal grant to study aging

Award to Aric Rogers, Ph.D., could lead to therapies to extend healthy lifespanCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- ...

Protective mediators can help heal injured tendon cells by attacking inflammation

Findings reported in The American Journal of Pathology suggest specialized proresolving mediators may become therapeutics that alleviate chronic tendon inflammationCredit: ...

Tuberculosis: New insights into the pathogen