Tag: Cell Biology

September 17, 2019

Credit: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology While human gut microbes like E. coli help digest food and ...

New method reveals how damage occurs in human biological cells due to mechanical fatigue

September 17, 2019

Credit: Florida Atlantic University Human red blood cells (RBCs) are extremely resilient and have the capacity to undergo cellular deformation ...

How nitrogen-fixing bacteria sense iron

September 17, 2019

Credit: University of East Anglia Researchers at the University of East Anglia have discovered how nitrogen-fixing bacteria sense iron - ...

Defective cilia linked to heart valve birth defects

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina identify mutations in ciliary genes causing bicuspid aortic valve -- the most ...

Is copper a cause of Alzheimer’s disease?

University of Houston researcher examines the linkCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston chemist is exploring the link between ...

The sleep neuron in threadworms is also a stop neuron

Sleep or stop? The RIS neuron has both functions; publication in Nature CommunicationsCredit: Wagner Steuer Costa Wagner Steuer Costa in ...

Too much of a good thing: Overactive immune cells trigger inflammation

Credit: DBM Scientists describe a previously unknown disorder of the immune system: in a distinct subset of immune cells from ...

Acute periodontal disease bacteria love colon and dirt microbes

Credit: Derren Ready (2012) CIL:38942, CIL. Dataset. https://doi.org/doi:10.7295/W9CIL38942 Creative Commons license True or false? Bacteria living in the same space, ...

Anti-aging startup launched based on breakthrough UAB research

Credit: UAB News BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Together, hair loss prevention and anti-aging skincare represent a more than $11 billion market. ...

Scientists discover hidden differences among cells that may help them evade drug therapy

The discovery by UMD researchers suggests 'functional mosaicism' could explain some antibiotic resistance and cancer relapseCredit: Snusha Ravikumar/University of Maryland ...

Malaria could be felled by an Antarctic sea sponge

Credit: Bill Baker The frigid waters of the Antarctic may yield a treatment for a deadly disease that affects populations ...

Texas Biomed researchers pinpoint why HIV patients are more likely to develop tuberculosis

Discovery could lead to new added therapy for HIV patientsCredit: Texas Biomedical Research Institute San Antonio, Texas (September 11, 2019) ...

How IL-6 allows the immune response to develop for a key cell, the T follicular helper

These preclinical findings may have therapeutic potential for autoimmune diseases like lupus.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The body's immune response ...

Researchers discover new cause of cell aging

Findings have huge implications for cancer and age-related health conditionsCredit: Dennis Lee, USC Viterbi School of Engineering New research from ...

Georgetown technique using urine suggest individualize bladder cancer treatment possible

WASHINGTON -- A research team, led by investigators from Georgetown University Medical Center and Fudan University in China, have devised ...

Inherited BRCA2 mutations linked to increased risk of childhood lymphoma

Research from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has found that prominent cancer risk gene BRCA2 can increase risk of non-Hodgkin ...

Genetic screen identifies genes that protect cells from Zika virus

Genes found to safeguard against infection as well as resuscitate infected cells, Tel Aviv University researchers say The Zika virus ...

Detox pathway extends lifespan of the worm C. elegans

A mutant worm with a change in one mitochondrial gene produces more reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can be harmful ...

Biologists and mathematicians team up to explore tissue folding

An algorithm developed to study the structure of galaxies helps explain a key feature of embryonic development As embryos develop, ...

Alaska researchers will apply hibernation insights to human health