Tag: Cell Biology

Research by a Barrow Neurological Center scientist on mechanisms of dysfunctional RNA processing in ALS and frontaltemporal dementia (FTD) was ...

Discovery may help explain why women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men

Researchers cause lupus-like disease in mice by amplifying the amount of a single 'master regulator' factor -- suggesting both a ...

Plants are also stressed out

Salk scientists uncover a link between RNA editing and chloroplast-to-nucleus communication that could help plants adapt to a changing worldCredit: ...

Molecular target UNC45A is essential for cancer but not normal cell proliferation

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Augusta, Ga. (April 19, 2019) - Identifying a protein that plays a key ...

New variety of zebra chip disease threatens potato production in southwestern Oregon

Credit: K. D. Swisher Grimm and S. F. Garczynski St. Paul, MN (April 2019)--Named after the dark stripes that form ...

How the hepatitis B virus establishes persistent infection

Credit: Yang F, Yu X, Zhou C, Mao R, Zhu M, Zhu H, et al. (2019) New research sheds light ...

Bioengineers program cells as digital signal processors

Synthetic biologists add tunable, analog-to-digital converter to their toolkitCredit: Rice University HOUSTON -- (April 18, 2019) -- Synthetic biologists have ...

Studies identify mechanism key to removal of protein aggregates from cells

Mass. General team's findings may have application to treatment of cancer, neurodegenerative disorders Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have discovered ...

Cell-killing proteins suppress listeria without killing cells

Credit: Kazuhito Sai, NC State University New North Carolina State University research shows that key proteins known for their ability ...

Taming the genome’s ‘jumping’ sequences

The human genome is fascinating. Once predicted to contain about a hundred thousand protein-coding genes, it now seems that the ...

Cutting-edge discovery points to potential treatment for NEC in preemies

Scientists discover how to prevent disease in an animal model, offer a new direction toward treatment strategy Cutting-edge discovery in ...

Growing a cerebral tract in a microscale brain model

Tokyo - It takes a lot of connections to create human intelligence. Brain function depends on contacts between multiple regions ...

Turning an old enemy into a helpful friend

Half our genome is basically foreign, derived from viruses. Obviously, the invasion of such foreign elements can deregulate critical biological ...

Study shows promise in repairing damaged myelin

OHSU researchers collaborate on potential 'game-changer' for people with multiple sclerosis A scientific breakthrough provides new hope for millions of ...

New automated biological-sample analysis systems to accelerate disease detection

A 100% Québec discovery made at Polytechnique Montréal in partnership with McGill UniversityCredit: Polytechnique Montréal and McGill University FROM CONVENTIONAL ...

Diet high in leucine may fuel breast cancer’s drug resistance

Unexpected findings reveal relationship between the amino acid leucine and tamoxifen resistanceCredit: Photo Credit: BIDMC BOSTON - About one in ...

Triple negative breast cancers can adopt reversible state that is resistant to chemotherapy

Study finds that resistant cells become vulnerable to MD Anderson-developed targeted therapyCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- Researchers at ...

Fragments of cellular machinery reveal unexpected variability among cancers

New research shows the mitochondrial genome may play a significant role in these fragment interactions with cancer PHILADELPHIA -- Cancer ...

Scientists restore some functions in a pig’s brain hours after death

New Haven, Conn. -- Circulation and cellular activity were restored in a pig's brain four hours after its death, a ...

Researchers pinpoint tumor-related protein, slow progression of cancers