Tag: Cell Biology

Credit: Gerton Lab KANSAS CITY, MO - Thanks to super-resolution microscopy, scientists have now been able to unambiguously identify physical ...

Plants don’t think, they grow: The case against plant consciousness

If a tree falls, and no one's there to hear it, does it feel pain and loneliness? No, experts argue ...

Saving Beethoven

Optimized gene-editing tool prevents hearing loss in mice with hereditary deafness without detectable off-target effects Scientists at Harvard Medical School ...

World first: Homing instinct applied to stem cells show cells ‘home’ to cardiac tissue

Scientists hijack bacteria's homing abilityCredit: University of Bristol In a world first, scientists have found a new way to direct ...

It’s not an antibody, it’s a frankenbody: A new tool for live-cell imaging

Antibody-based probe works in living systems and targets the classic HA tagCredit: Ning Zhao/Colorado State University Antibodies are the biomolecules ...

Dundee partners with Bukwang Pharm to develop new treatment for Parkinson’s

Announcement builds upon existing drug discovery partnerships with Takeda and GSK The University of Dundee's Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) has ...

HIV eliminated from the genomes of living animals

Temple, UNMC collaborate on study detailed in Nature CommunicationsCredit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University In a major ...

UH researcher reports the way sickle cells form may be key to stopping them

Process could be similar to how first living cells formed; applications to industry possibleCredit: University of Houston University of Houston ...

Gut microbes protect against flu virus infection in mice

Credit: Bradley and Finsterbusch et al./Cell Reports Commensal gut microbes stimulate antiviral signals in non-immune lung cells to protect against ...

New study challenges claim that exogenous RNA is essential for sperm function

Scientists from the University of Bath are challenging the claims of two high profile papers from 2018 which reported that ...

Novel computer model supports cancer therapy

Researchers from the Life Sciences Research Unit (LSRU) of the University of Luxembourg have developed a computer model that simulates ...

Bench to beside study of a targetable enzyme controlling aggressive prostate cancer

PHILADELPHIA -- Prostate cancer represents a major health challenge and there is currently no effective treatment once it has advanced ...

BioImage Archive — A new hub for biological images

EMBL-EBI announces the launch of the BioImage Archive, a large-scale, centralized data resource to host reference imaging dataCredit: EMBL-EBI EMBL's ...

Using a common anticonvulsant to counteract inflammation

Breakthrough and unique research helps scientists reposition papaverine as a novel drug to treat inflammation that is implicated in sepsis ...

Regenerating human retinal ganglion cells in the dish to inform glaucoma treatment

The capacity of the human central nervous system to regenerate after injury or illness is limited, and the resulting functional ...

UCI researchers to lead national effort to build atlas of human breast cells

Project is supported by $4 million grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Irvine, Calif., July 1, 2019 -- University of California, ...

Synthesizing chemical-sensing cells from scratch

Credit: OIST Baking a cake from scratch is a task deemed difficult for many. Constructing an artificial cell-like system from ...

Cardiac genetic mutation may not always predict heart disease

Researchers at Penn Medicine and Geisinger find only 5 percent of patients with a mutation of the TTN gene have ...

Human Frontier Science Program awards Michael Hall the 2019 HFSP Nakasone Award

HFSP Nakasone Award The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) has announced that its 2019 HFSP Nakasone Award will be awarded ...

Response to gene-targeted drugs depends on cancer type