Tag: Cell Biology

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. ...

Plant researcher receives 1.5 million euros

New project on a carnivorous plantCredit: Soenke Scherzer In its Reinhart Koselleck programme, the German Research Foundation (DFG) supports selected ...

Inhibition of ribosome biogenesis as a novel approach for multi-stage cancer treatment

Credit: Vincent et al. Nearly ninety per cent of all cancer patient deaths are due to metastasis. A study from ...

UTSA study shows cell’s cytoskeleton does more than hold up a cell, it transfers energy

Credit: Photo courtesy of UTSA (May 8, 2018) - Dysfunctions and malformations in the scaffold of a cell are thought ...

UW-Madison research team finds new ways to generate stem cells more efficiently

Credit: Kim Leadholm, Wisconsin Institute For Discovery MADISON -- Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are among the most important tools ...

Research brief: Surface protein editing in bacteria

Credit: Mark Herzberg University of Minnesota researchers have discovered this previously unknown signaling pathway that regulates surface proteins on bacteria ...

Eye’s vulnerability to macular degeneration revealed

Differences in the shape and biology of nerve cells in the retina and macula reveal a metabolic response critical to ...

Researchers uncover mechanism blocking retina regeneration

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A discovery opens the possibility of one day restoring loss of vision by activating the ...

Teaching CRISPR and antibiotic resistance to high school students

BioBits Health brings hands-on, low-cost, high-tech synthetic biology into the classroomCredit: Claire Barclay EVANSTON, Ill. -- How can high school ...

Scientists pinpoint potential new target for regulating inflammation

Credit: Andrew Bowie and Michael Carty, Trinity College Dublin Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered a potential new target ...

Success tastes so sweet

Neurons that encode sweetness identified in miceCredit: Ken-ichiro Nakajima / National Institute for Physiological Sciences Researchers from the National Institute ...

Researchers discover a trigger for directed cell motion

Self-organising system enables motile cells to form complex search pattern / Study published in "Nature Physics"Credit: Isabell Begemann, Milos Galic ...

Obesity reprograms immune cells in breasts to promote tumor formation

Macrophages in fatty breast tissue promote triple-negative breast cancersCredit: Becker, et al. Smoking has long been the biggest cause of ...

Merging cell datasets, panorama style

Algorithm stitches multiple datasets into a single 'panorama,' which could provide new insights for medical and biological studies. A new ...

Pan-European LifeTime initiative is launching in Berlin

LifeTime Opening Conference will set the ground in finding new ways for the diagnostic and treatment of chronic and progressive ...

Pigment-producing stem cells can regenerate vital part of nervous system

Researchers discover certain skin-related stem cells could help in treating neurogenerative diseases BALTIMORE, MD, May 6, 2019- Neurodegenerative diseases like ...

Staying healthy longer in space