Tag: Cell Biology

The diet of a person can have significant effects on the gut microbiome, i.e. the populations of microorganisms such as ...

Researchers have discovered differences in fat cells that could potentially identify people predisposed to metabolic diseases such as diabetes and ...

Credit: Hannah Miller/UC Davis A parasitic amoeba that causes severe gut disease in humans protects itself from attack by biting ...

Creating a defect in tRNA molecules could weaken bacteria's two-pronged defense and help make faster-acting antibiotics PHILADELPHIA - Antibiotic resistance ...

Small molecules such as hormones and ions are constantly transported in and out from our cells. This regulates what the ...

Scratching sparks a chain reaction that expands and activates intestinal mast cellsCredit: Adapted from Manuel Leyva-Castillo and Raif Geha / ...

Understanding the molecular details of protein function allows researchers to identify critical residues that can be targeted with rational drug ...

Credit: Berkeley Lab When there are multiple factors at play in a situation that is itself changing, such as an ...

Study IDs dual role for 'autophagy' -- a.k.a. 'self-eating' -- in building and breaking down plant oils; manipulating the process ...

The Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize is the most prestigious award in the polycystic kidney disease field.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ...

GlycoNet researchers Drs. Alexey V. Pshezhetsky and Christopher Cairo awarded half a million dollars to advance research on inhibitors to ...

Credit: Linko, Shen , Ijas/Aalto University New study of University of Jyvaskyla and Aalto University shows that nanostructures constructed of ...

ASNTR's Molly and Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award recognizes outstanding research in brain repair Tampa, Fla. (April 29, 2019) - At ...

Most significant genes at key loci are specific to childhood onset of asthma Asthma, a common respiratory disease that causes ...

Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. - April 29, 2019 - A new study challenges the presumption that ...

New study sheds light on what goes awry in malignancies marked by TET mutationCredit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA ...

An international team of biologists urge careful use of technology in research and flag potential biosafety risks. The use of ...

Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Researchers led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital structural biologists have discovered how the ...

By silencing genes, researchers have managed to increase the protein production in yeast significantly. This method can lay the grounds ...

Under the title "Understanding Cells to Revolutionize Healthcare", researchers, political decision-makers, industry leaders and prominent figures of the scientific community ...