Tag: Cell Biology

Credit: University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at Dallas scientists have demonstrated that the growth rate of the ...

Researchers reveal how bacteria can adapt to resist treatment by antibiotics

Credit: Ditlev E. Brodersen/AU In a joint collaboration, researchers from Denmark and Switzerland have shown that bacteria produce a specific ...

BU, Johnson & Johnson Innovation alliance: Immune system boost could prevent lung cancer

Genomic differences related to the immune system may play a key role in the early development of lung cancer. That ...

Plant signals trigger remarkable bacterial transformation

Credit: Copyright Yasuyuki Hashidoko, Hokkaido University. The cycad Cycas revoluta is a palm-like plant that grows on rocky coastal cliffs ...

NUS researchers identified new biomarkers associated with ‘chemobrain’

Credit: National University of Singapore Cognitive impairment associated with cancer, also known as "chemobrain", has gained recognition as a complication ...

Multiple myeloma: DNA rearrangement may predict poor outcomes

Ig lambda translocations = sign of lenalidomide resistance A certain type of DNA marker predicts poor outcomes in multiple myeloma, ...

Proofreading the book of life: Gene editing made safer

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at ASU The advance of science is something like the wandering of an explorer through an ...

Scientists propose new theory on Alzheimer’s, amyloid connection

Credit: Qi Zhang, Ph.D. and Claire E. DelBove Worldwide, 50 million people are living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. ...

Scientists define the role for a rare, influential set of bone marrow cells

Researchers have defined the roles of various cells in the bone marrow that are thought to control the fate of ...

$17 million grant will explore immune cells in inaccessible tissues of the human body

Tissue-resident B cells likely have important differences that affect autoimmunity and transplant rejectionCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama ...

Protecting damaged hearts with microRNAs

New research advances the possibility of regenerating cardiac tissue after a heart attackCredit: Wang Lab/Boston Children's Hospital and Nature Communications ...

New genomics tool ECCITE-seq expands multimodal single cell analysis

Thousands of single cells profiled in parallel for multiple modalities including direct detection of single guide RNAs used for CRISPR ...

Personalizing precision medicine with combination therapies improves outcomes in cancer

Precision oncology often relies on treating patients with a single, molecularly matched therapy that targets one mutation in their tumor. ...

Bacteria use their enemy — phage — for ‘self-recognition’

Credit: WANG Xiaoxue Cells are social, and self-recognition is a critical aspect of group behavior as cells assist kin and ...

Overlooked molecular machine in cell nucleus may hold key to treating aggressive leukemia

Spliceosome misconnects generate mutant gene/protein that fuel cancerous cellsCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Many individuals forced to fight an exceptionally ...

DNA is managed like climbers’ rope to help keep tangles at bay

Credit: Davide Michieletto A process that cells use to unravel knotted strands of DNA - resembling a method used to ...

Hole-forming protein may suppress tumor growth

Gasdermin E could be a useful target for improving cancer therapy PHILADELPHIA -- Sometimes cells need to die. The process ...

New insight into how obesity, insulin resistance can impair cognition

Credit: Dr. Alexis Stranahan lab AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 22, 2019) - Obesity can break down our protective blood brain barrier ...

NTU scientists discover sustainable way to increase seed oil yield in crops

April 20, 2019

NTU Singapore scientists have developed a sustainable way to demonstrate a new genetic modification that can increase the yield of ...

New method to detect off-target effects of CRISPR