Found: A sweet way to make everyday things almost indestructible
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA The secret to making clothing practically indestructible could be the same thing that makes us ...
Tag: Cell Biology
Researchers grow active mini-brain-networks
Credit: Takahashi et. al / Stem Cell Reports Cerebral organoids are artificially grown, 3D tissue cultures that resemble the human ...
New insights into membrane trafficking regulated by ER fusion protein
Credit: Image by Dr. HU Junjie's group Prof. HU Junjie from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of ...
Cryo-electron microscopy at reveals structures of protein that maintains cell membranes
Groundbreaking cryo-electron microscopy at Aarhus University reveals the first structures of a protein that maintains cell membranesCredit: Milena Timcenko Using ...
Breakthrough in how cells link together has implications in the proliferation of cancer
Dr. Rafael Garcia-Mata, an associate professor of biological sciences at The University of Toledo, recently identified a protein complex that ...
Helping select the cells with the most potential
Through investigation of the so-called 'Hippo pathway,' researchers at Osaka University have identified a key regulatory mechanism in the development ...
Scientists discover how plants breathe — and how humans shaped their ‘lungs’
Scientists have discovered how plants create networks of air channels -- the lungs of the leaf -- to transport carbon ...
Childhood leukemia cannot hide from the immune system
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists found that despite having few mutations, pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia does not escape immune ...
Scientists developing way to help premature babies breathe easier
Study points to possible cell therapy for bronchopulmonary dysplasiaCredit: Cincinnati Children's Hospital CINCINNATI--Researchers suggest a possible cell-based therapy to stimulate ...
A better way to encapsulate islet cells for diabetes treatment
Crystallized drug prevents immune system rejection of transplanted pancreatic islet cellsCredit: Shady Farah CAMBRIDGE, MA -- When medical devices are ...
Learning from experience is all in the timing
Credit: Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior at The Rockefeller University As animals explore their environment, they learn to master it. ...
Mechanism of tumor metastasis and tumor-suppressive role of UDP-glucose revealed
Credit: DICP and SIBCB Scientists from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) and Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology ...
Widespread disease diabetes: Why do beta cells refuse to release insulin?
New insights into the 'teamwork' of cells: Super-connected 'leader' cells coordinate insulin response and help us to understand how diabetes ...
Science snapshots: A toxin antidote in frogs, atomic motion in 4D, and better biofuels
Credit: Alexander Tokarev/UCLA A Frog Worth Kissing: Natural Defense Against Red Tide Toxin Found in Bullfrogs By ALIYAH KOVNER A ...
New contents: Neuronal Parkinson inclusions are different than expected
Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum An international team of researchers involving members of the University of Basel's Biozentrum challenges the ...
New mouse model of Parkinson’s disease shows how it spreads from the gut
Credit: Ted Dawson et al. / Neuron, 2019 Parkinson's disease can begin in the gut and spread to the brain ...
Muscling in on the role of vitamin D
Research shows vitamin D signaling is needed for normal muscle size and strengthCredit: The Westmead Institute for Medical Research A ...
Methylmercury precipitates heart failure by increasing Drp1-mediated mitochondrial fission
Researchers from National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan identify the mechanism underlying environmental stress-induced cardiac vulnerability to hemodynamic load ...
Frontline heroes hailed in the war against devil cancers
Residents of Tasmania's D'Entrecasteaux Channel Peninsula, Kingborough and Huon Valley communities are being hailed as the frontline heroes in the ...
Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists announces 2019 National Laureates
An ecologist from Stony Brook University, a theoretical physicist from University of Colorado Boulder and a chemical biologist from Harvard ...
