Tag: Cell Biology

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 ...

Making music from proteins (video)

Credit: Video Credit - American Chemical Society Composers string notes of different pitch and duration together to create music. Similarly, ...

We need to talk about chloramphenicol — how does this antibiotic cause damage to eukaryotes?

For the first time scientists demonstrate the molecular events underlying the effects of chloramphenicol on eukaryotic cells A group of ...

Using 3D-printing to stop hair loss

Credit: Columbia University Irving Medical Center Columbia researchers have created a way to grow human hair in a dish, which ...

De-escalating breast cancer therapy; can some patients be spared chemotherapy?

Credit: National Cancer Institute About one of every five breast cancers presents with high levels of HER2 proteins. Known as ...

How human genetic data is helping dogs fight cancer

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Some of what we learn through the compassionate treatment of dogs with cancer goes ...

Biochip advances enable next-generation sequencing technologies

A review of advances in biochip technology shows it's playing a fundamental role promoting the use of next-generation DNA sequencing ...

Scientists track brain tumor turncoats with advanced imaging

Macrophages visible within tumors in miceCredit: Courtesy of Zhihong Chen Glioblastomas, the deadliest type of brain tumor in adults, attract ...

Discovery may help kick-start ageing immune system

Credit: Monash University The thymus is the powerhouse producing the immune system's T cells, which combat infection in our body. ...

Changes in blood flow tell heart cells to regenerate

Changes in blood flow after heart injury in zebrafish triggers a signalling cascade in heart muscle cells that promotes cell ...

An ion channel with a doorkeeper: The pH of calcium ions controls ion channel opening

Biochemists identified the structure of a ring located at the opening of the TRPML2 ion channel that can be blocked ...

HKBU discovers mechanisms underlying early life stress and irritable bowel syndrome

Researchers from the School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have found that the abnormal rise ...

No cell is an island

LJI team finds that 'doublet' immune cells are much more common--and more important in disease--than previously thoughtCredit: Dr. Yunmin Jung, ...

Last chance for the Northern White Rhinoceros