Tag: Cell Biology

Faculty-led team from Clemson University unveils new findingsCredit: College of Science / Jim Melvin CLEMSON, South Carolina - A faculty-led ...

Is sex primarily a strategy against transmissible cancer?

Credit: One of the greatest enigmas of evolutionary biology is that while sex is the dominant mode of reproduction among ...

New study identifies molecular aging ‘midlife crisis’

Just as a computer requires code to work, our bodies are regulated by molecular "programs" that are written early in ...

Cancer research using mini-organs from tumors and healthy tissue

Credit: © Hubrecht Institute, Video made by Esther Pardijs, Animations made by DEMCON | nymus3D Hans Clevers (Hubrecht Institute) and ...

Translation of genes more complex than expected

Credit: Sanne Boersma and Deepak Khuperkar © Hubrecht Institute Researchers from the group of Marvin Tanenbaum at the Hubrecht Institute ...

The deep learning dive: how cells regulate division

Hollings Cancer Center researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina probed deeper into how cell division cycles are regulatedCredit: ...

Danger avoidance can be genetically encoded for four generations, say Princeton biologists

A team of Princeton scientists found that learned behaviors in C. elegans can be conveyed through the germline for multiple ...

Breaking down pathological protein aggregates

Credit: ETH Zurich / Juan Gerez Aggregates of the protein alpha-synuclein in the nerve cells of the brain play a ...

New research helping to reveal more about megaviruses

Swansea University has played a key role in transatlantic research to develop a greater understanding of megaviruses and their potential ...

Dynamics of key viral attack strategy visible for first time

Visualizing and quantifying frameshifting mechanisms in living cellsCredit: Keith Rein/Salt & Paper House Many infectious viruses, from HIV to West ...

Research sheds new light on how brain stem cells are activated

The study shows promise for future neural stem cell therapies in replacing cells lost through disease or injuryCredit: Dr. Claudia ...

McGill University receives funding to create ethics resources for human cell atlas

New policies, tools, and support to enable efficient, ethical international data sharing for this global effort to map all cells ...

Study sheds light on how cells in the body can sense cancer

Fresh insights into how cells alert the body when they are in danger of becoming cancerous could open new doors ...

Immune cells play unexpected role in early tuberculosis infection

Discovery may provide a new target for TB drugs, vaccines, NIH-supported research suggestsCredit: NIAID A class of immune cells called ...

Painless skin patch collects fluid for diagnostic testing

Credit: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b00258 Although blood contains a wealth of potential biomarkers of disease, it can ...

Telomere length unaffected by smoking

A new study has surprised the medical world, finding that smoking does not shorten the length of telomeres - a ...

University of Dundee Drug Discovery Unit license USP15 assets to Corbin Therapeutics

Deal to develop possible new treatments for neuroinflammation-based disorders, including multiple sclerosisCredit: University of Dundee The University of Dundee Drug ...

Brighter possibilities for treating blindness

Review published in the 10th anniversary series of science Translational Medicine Advances in preclinical research are now being translated into ...

M. Madan Babu and Paola Picotti honored with EMBO Gold Medal

Heidelberg, 5 June 2019 - The EMBO Gold Medal 2019 has been awarded to two systems biologists, M. Madan Babu ...

A biomarker for diagnosing celiac disease in people on a gluten-free diet