Tag: Cell Biology

The CRISPR Journal announces the publication of its June 2019 issue. The Journal is dedicated to validating and publishing outstanding ...

Mystery of immunosuppressive drug’s biosynthesis finally unlocked

Credit: ZHANG Wei and LI Shengying Mycophenolic acid (MPA), discovered in 1893, was the first natural antibiotic to be isolated ...

Structural development of the brain

Credit: Kanazawa University The human brain consists of neurons arranged into microscopic columns. The cortex, which is the seat of ...

The key to unlock bacterial fusion

Researchers identify how a Chlamydia-produced protein helps bacterial compartments fuse together, thus increasing pathogenicity PHILADELPHIA - Most people know Chlamydia ...

How bacteria kill host cells from the inside

Credit: Anne Blanc-Potard A bacterial pathogen that typically multiplies outside of host cells can enter and induce the destruction of ...

Landmark study signals shift in thinking about stem cell differentiation

Credit: FSU Photography Services A pioneering new study led by Florida State University biologists could fundamentally change our understanding of ...

Researchers develop a new, non-optical way to visualize DNA, cells, and tissues

Credit: Weinstein et al / Cell Researchers have come up with a new way to image cell populations and their ...

Jingsong Zhou receives $2.88 million for novel research on Lou Gehrig’s disease

Credit: The University of Texas at Arlington There are 15 new cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, diagnosed in ...

A chemical approach to imaging cells from the inside

Researchers develop a new microscopy system for creating maps of cells, using chemical reactions to encode spatial informationCredit: Weinstein et ...

Frustrated fish give up thanks to glia, not just neurons

Credit: Ahrens Lab/Janelia Research Campus Secured in place in a virtual-reality-equipped chamber, frustrated zebrafish just didn't want to swim anymore. ...

‘DNA microscopy’ offers entirely new way to image cells

Credit: J. Weinstein et al./Cell 2019 Microscopy just got reinvented - again. Traditionally, scientists have used light, x-rays, and electrons ...

A Japan first! Osaka U researcher to receive academic prize at Cosmetic Victories 2019

Researcher in joint research group between Osaka University and Mandom Corporation wins prize at the world's largest cosmetics cluster for ...

Scientists map toxic proteins linked to Alzheimer’s

Credit: Georgia Kirkos, McMaster University A team of researchers from McMaster University has mapped at atomic resolution a toxic protein ...

Gut bacteria associated with chronic pain for first time

People with fibromyalgia show variations in microbiome compositionCredit: Dr. Amir Minerbi Scientists have found a correlation between a disease involving ...

First events in stem cells becoming specialized cells needed for organ development

TORONTO, ON (Canada) - New research by cell biologists at the University of Toronto (U of T) provides significant new ...

Researchers learn dangerous brain parasite ‘orders in’ for dinner

Credit: Indiana University Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered how a dangerous parasite maintains a steady supply ...

Investigating coral and algal ‘matchmaking’ at the cellular level

Could more heat tolerant, non-preferred algae could revive bleached coral communities even if the relationship is less efficient?Credit: Tingting Xiang ...

Insilico Medicine to present at the Ageing, Health & Rejuvenation Nature Conference

Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, June 19, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a biotech company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing ...

Phage display for engineering blood-contacting surfaces

Overcoming PTSD: Study reveals memory disruption drug target