Tag: Cell Biology

Credit: Artwork designed for this paper by graduate student Stanford Mitchell MADISON, Wis. -- DNA and the genome, we know, ...

Scientists get sly, use deception to fight cancer

Hebrew University researchers create decoys that block RNA-binding proteins from spreading cancerCredit: Rotem Karni In recent years, it's become clear ...

‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer culprits

Scientists in Cambridge and London have developed a catalogue of DNA mutation 'fingerprints' that could help doctors pinpoint the environmental ...

RNA transport in neurons — Staufen2 detects its target transcripts in a complex manner

Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen A team of scientists from Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University of Ulm has discovered ...

Cell biology: The complexity of division by two

New cells are formed during cell division by a precisely regulated partitioning of cellular content into the two daughter cells. ...

Tel Aviv University scientists print first 3D heart using patient’s biological materials

Cell-type specific mechanism for formation and retrieval of cocaine-associated memories

Credit: Kanazawa University The environmental context in which addicts experience the rewarding effects of cocaine can readily elicit cocaine-associated memories. ...

Developing a vaccine against Nipah virus

PHILADELPHIA -- Nipah virus is a type of RNA virus transmitted from animals to humans. The infection causes severe respiratory ...

Cancers ‘change spots’ to avoid immunotherapy

Bowel cancers can avoid being recognised by immunotherapy by switching off key molecule on surface of cells Growing mini tumours ...

Genetic variant linked to cucumber fruit length

The discovery of a fruit length modulator has implications for cucumber breedingCredit: Yiqun Weng The cucumber is among the top ...

Tiny light-up barcodes identify molecules by their twinkling

Tags made of flashing DNA let researchers tease apart dozens of molecules at onceCredit: Shalin Shah, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. ...

Researchers develop effective method to diagnose pancreatic cancer

Thus, the prospects for early pancreatic cancer detection are of enormous importance. Innovation Fund Denmark has just granted 13.1 million ...

Scientists develop artificial chemical receptor to assist viral transduction for T cell engineering

Credit: CAI Lintao Engineered T cell immunotherapy, such as chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) and T cell receptor T ...

SRC-1 gene variants linked to human obesity

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine and University of Cambridge Maintaining a healthy body weight is no simple matter. A better ...

CRISPR-Cas3 innovation holds promise for disease cures, advancing science

ITHACA, N.Y. - A Cornell researcher, who is a leader in developing a new type of gene editing CRISPR system, ...

Anesthesia sends neurons down the wrong path in unborn rat babies

Raises questions over safety of the anesthesia during pregnancyCredit: Dr. Vicko Gluncic, MD, PhD While there has long been discussion ...

Scientists capture a ‘snapshot’ of bacterial stress-response regulator’s ‘recycling truck’

The stress-response master regulator is important for antibiotic resistance, ability for bacteria to cause diseaseCredit: Image courtesy Alexandra Deaconescu. PROVIDENCE, ...

In mice, eliminating damaged mitochondria alleviates chronic inflammatory disease

Treatment with a choline kinase inhibitor prompts immune cells to clear away damaged mitochondria, thus reducing NLRP3 inflammasome activation and ...

NASA Twins Study offers new insight on how a human’s body responds to spaceflight

Credit: John Eisele/Colorado State University When NASA decided to study identical twin astronauts -- one remaining on Earth while the ...

Crucial ‘electrical switch’ in brain revealed in study published by Science