Tag: Cell Biology

New research led by McGill's Goodman Cancer Research Centre improves our understanding of microRNAsCredit: McGill University MicroRNAs are tiny molecules ...

‘Can you hear me, now?’ A new strategy ‘raises the volume’ of gut-body communication

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Throughout the gastrointestinal tract there are specialized hormone-producing cells called enteroendocrine cells and, although they ...

FEFU scientists likely found way to grow new teeth for patients

Credit: Photo by Lesly Juarez on Unsplash A group of histologists and dentists from School of Biomedicine, Far Eastern Federal ...

New basic understanding of how lung cancer spreads

Lung cancer cells use antioxidants, endogenous or dietary, to spread in the body by activating a protein called BACH1 and ...

NIH funds creation of new lab model for TB/HIV research

First-of-its-kind model could prove cheaper and more effective San Antonio, Texas (June 26, 2019) - When people suffer from both ...

Pathway discovered that prevents buildup of Alzheimer’s protein

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists studying the immune response to brain tumors have identified a pathway that clears a ...

Growing embryonic tissues on a chip

Credit: Andrea Manfrin, EPFL It's no surprise that using human embryos for biological and medical research comes with many ethical ...

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 ...

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?