Tag: Cell Biology

The discovery is based on targeting the tissue surrounding the tumor, instead of the tumor directlyCredit: Gemma Fornons Researchers from ...

New study targets Achilles’ heel of pancreatic cancer, with promising results

Salk researchers discover a potential therapeutic target for deadly cancerCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(April 17, 2019) Advanced pancreatic cancer is ...

BRAIN Initiative tool may transform how scientists study brain structure and function

Tissue support system preserves limited function in an isolated postmortem animal brainCredit: Stefano G. Daniele & Zvonimir Vrselja; Sestan Laboratory; ...

A light-activated remote control for cells

What if doctors had a remote control that they could use to steer a patient's own cells to a wound ...

Cannabidiol could help deliver medications to the brain

Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound in cannabis, is being touted as beneficial for many health conditions, ranging from anxiety to ...

Boosting muscle stem cells to treat muscular dystrophy and aging muscles

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - April 17, 2019 - Lying within our muscles are stem cells, invisible ...

Boutte receives grant to study mycobacterial cell wall division, regulation

Dangerous germsCredit: UT Arlington A biologist at The University of Texas at Arlington is creating a comprehensive molecular model of ...

Three studies show how tumors hijack the immune system to resist radiation therapy

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center More than a decade ago, radiation oncologists noticed a nifty phenomenon: Sometimes radiation used ...

Researchers identify a new biomarker for personalized treatments against cancer

Credit: Saška Ivanova, IRB Barcelona Cancer cells are characterised by the ability to evade apoptosis, a type of programmed cell ...

New study explains how inflammation causes gastric cancer

Researchers from Kanazawa University and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development show that genes turned on in response ...

Duke University professor receives 2019 Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award from ASNTR

Duke University professor receives award at 2019 ASNTR Tampa, Fla. (April 16, 2019) - In advance of its 2019 annual ...

Rice advances the art of protein blacksmithing

Researchers forge new computational tools to make more accurate predictions of protein structuresCredit: Rice University/Wikipedia HOUSTON - (April 15, 2019) ...

Synthetic peptide can inhibit toxicity, aggregation of protein in Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's is a disease of aggregation. Neurons in the human brain make a protein called amyloid beta. Such proteins on ...

MU neurobiologists annotate critical neuronal proteins in lamprey genome

Credit: University of Missouri The lamprey, an eel-like primitive vertebrate, is a popular organism for neurobiology studies because it has ...

US and Japanese researchers identify how liver cells protect against viral attacks

Results have implications for cellular responses to hepatitis, dengue and ZikaCredit: Daisuke Yamane, D.V.M., Ph.D., Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ...

Researcher awarded $1.17 million for cancer research

New understanding of cellular life cycle could inform transformative cancer treatmentCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington A scientist's research ...

Precise decoding of breast cancer cells creates new option for treatment

Credit: Johanna Wagner / UZH) Every year more than 1.7 million women all over the world are diagnosed with breast ...

Princeton scientists discover an interaction that helps cancers spread to bone

Credit: Image courtesy of Mark Esposito and Yibin Kang A Princeton-led team of researchers have discovered a factor that promotes ...

Rumford Prize for Georg Nagel

Credit: Picture: American Academy of Arts and Sciences The field of optogenetics was named "Breakthrough of the Decade" by the ...

Russian scientists alter 3D genome using ‘small molecules’