Tag: Cell Biology

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

Credit: UAF photo by Todd Paris A new five-year, $11.8 million National Institutes of Health grant will help University of ...

Signals from skin cells control fat cell specialization

Credit: Kobe University When cells change to a more specialized type, we call this process cellular differentiation. Scientists have revealed ...

Rotavirus cell invasion triggers a cacophony of calcium signals

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine To successfully set off disease, rotavirus, a virus that causes severe diarrhea and vomiting in ...

PSU biology prof gets $1.25M grant to study effect of Western diet on immune system

A Portland State University biology professor will continue her research into the effect of the Western diet on the immune ...

To understand a childhood brain tumor, researchers turn to single-cell analysis

Research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital digs into the cells of origin for key medulloblastoma ...

Outcompeting cancer

A new way to stop cancer cells from killing their healthy neighbors One of the reasons cancer cells are so ...

Cellular soldiers designed to kill cancer cells that get loose during surgery

Credit: Vanderbilt University Cellular soldiers created using the body's own defenses can track down and kill escaping cancer cells during ...

BU researchers say special mapping brain cells could inspire smarter self-driving vehicles

Could rat brains hold the secret to giving cars, robots better navigational skills? In a study published in Nature Communications, ...

Unlocking therapies for hard-to-treat lung cancers

Salk scientists find that diabetes drug candidates may work against types of non-small-cell lung cancersCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(July 24, ...

Designed protein switch allows unprecedented control over living cells

From modifying gene expression to cell signaling, dynamic designer proteins may usher in a new era of synthetic biologyCredit: UW ...

Scientists complete first assessment of blood abnormalities in Antarctic penguin colony

Credit: Silvia Olmastroni, University of Siena Scientists have completed the first study of immune and genetic stability among a colony ...

Genome research shows that the body controls the integrity of heritable genomes

Scientists at the CECAD Cluster of Excellence in Aging Research of the University of Cologne have discovered that body cells ...

Quenching scientific curiosity with single-molecule imaging

Credit: KAUST 2019 A single-molecule imaging technique, called protein-induced fluorescence enhancement (PIFE), has gained traction in recent years as a ...

Putting the brakes on lateral root development