Tag: Cell Biology

Credit: UC San Diego Health Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the most common causes of vision loss in ...

What’s the chemistry behind the home pregnancy test? (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 9, 2019 -- There are many ways to find out if you're pregnant. ...

Fooling nerve cells into acting normal

Discovery by MU scientists could inform future studies related to spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis and epilepsyCredit: University of Missouri ...

The heart ‘talks’ to fat cells, Temple scientists discover

Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Like sending a letter through the mail or ...

Peering into the past, scientists discover bacteria transformed a viral threat to survive

A new study from Indiana University shows bacteria evolved new genes from viral attackers, a discovery that could help advance ...

Neurodevelopmental disorders may be rooted in genetics and mitochondrial deficits

In a model of DiGeorge/22q11 Deletion Syndrome, George Washington University researchers found a connection between mitochondrial dysfunction and cortical under-connectivity ...

Stem cell scientists clear another hurdle in creating transplant arteries

Credit: Thomson Lab, Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death worldwide, and treating ...

Stem cells provide information about neuron resilience in ALS

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a stem cell based model in order to study the resilience and ...

How the cytoplasm separates from the yolk

Cooperation of cell biologists and physicists at IST Austria unravels physical basis of yolk-cytoplasm segregation in early fish embryo; study ...

Smart drug design to prevent malaria treatment resistance

Malaria treatment resistance could be avoided by studying how resistance evolves during drug development, according to a new paper published ...

Secrets of fluorescent microalgae could lead to super-efficient solar cells

Credit: University of Birmingham Tiny light-emitting microalgae, found in the ocean, could hold the secret to the next generation of ...

Innovative mechanobiology research expands understanding of cells

New technology allows researchers to probe cell changes without disturbing the cell's physiologyCredit: Cell Reports Researchers have developed a new ...

Location is everything for plant cell differentiation

Researchers from Osaka University find that the location of proteins within a cell as well as the position of the ...

TB Alliance and partners form multidisciplinary center for translational TB drug research

New collaboration, supported by US National Institutes of Health, to produce two new clinical stage TB drug candidates NEW YORK, ...

Biomarker may help identify men with prostate cancer at greater risk of tumor metastasis

Levels and distribution of syntaphilin within tumors may differentiate the subset of patients with prostate cancer who require more aggressive ...

Analysis of historical specimens determines single origin of Australian potato pest

Credit: American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, MN (May 2019)--Potato cyst nematodes (PCN) are quarantine soilborne pests that damage potatoes around ...

Phage therapy treats patient with drug-resistant bacterial infection

Credit: R. M. Dedrick et al./Nature Medicine 2019 The patient, a 15-year-old girl, had come to London's Great Ormond Street ...

Intelligence can link to health and aging

Discovery could inform future work to identify various influences and therapies for age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's diseaseCredit: University of ...

Creating a global map of the protein shape universe

Novel mapping technique opens the door to new insights about functions in the bodyCredit: Purdue University/Daisuke Kihara WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ...

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