Tag: Cell Biology

Study by UC Riverside and Portland State University scientists finds nicotine concentrations in JUULs is dangerously high Little is known ...

Specialist enzymes make E. coli antibiotic resistant at low pH

Scientists long puzzled over why bacteria contain so many "redundant" enzymes. Why make several molecules that do the same job, ...

UConn and Foundation for Prader Willi Research create stem cell biobank

A centralized, high-quality bank of stem cells will help researchers better understand Prader Willi SyndromeCredit: Yaling Liu/UConn A new collaboration ...

High-tech tissue study reveals which cells drive a painful food allergy

Findings also raise questions about a popular food supplementCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI--An eight-year hunt for the cells that drive the ...

Famous cancer-fighting gene also protects against birth defects

p53 influences an important molecular process specific to females that is necessary for the brain and spinal cord to formCredit: ...

Researchers discover neural patterns key to understanding disorders such as PTSD

Findings by UCI scientists may unlock new treatment approaches Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have identified for the ...

A new way of finding compounds that prevent aging

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a new method for identifying compounds that prevent ageing. The method is ...

Cell death may be triggered by ‘hit-and-run’ interaction

Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia A 'hit-and-run' interaction between two proteins could be an important trigger for cell ...

Mechanism to form influenza A virus discovered

Credit: Sílvia Vale-Costa and Ana Laura Sousa. The influenza A virus is known to form new strains every year. These ...

Single cell transcriptomics: A new sequencing approach

Researchers from University of Southern Denmark, Wellcome Sanger Institute and BGI, today published a study in the journal Genome Biology ...

New DNA ‘shredder’ technique goes beyond CRISPR’s scissors

CRISPR Tool borrowed from bacteria successfully seeks out, cuts and destroys long stretches of human cells' DNA, opening doors to ...

A tiny cry for help from inside the liver could lead to better treatment

Enzyme's newly discovered ability to spur the body to prevent, or repair, acute liver injury could be harnessed as a ...

JILA’s 5-minute sample processing enhances DNA imaging and analysis

Credit: Heenan/JILA JILA scientists have developed a fast, simple sample preparation method that enhances imaging of DNA to better analyze ...

Researchers remove harmful hormones from Las Vegas wastewater using green algae

Credit: Xuelian Bai/DRI LAS VEGAS, Nev. (April 8, 2019) - A common species of freshwater green algae is capable of ...

uliCUT&RUN maps protein binding on chromatin in single cells and single embryos

Groundbreaking research by Sarah Hainer, an assistant professor of gene expression and cell fate in the University of Pittsburgh Department ...

Testing how well water disinfectants damage antibiotic resistance genes

Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Each year at least 2 million Americans are infected with bacteria that cannot be treated ...

Resistosome illuminates plant disease resistance mechanisms

Credit: WANG et al. Like animals, plants possess an immune system to fight off invading parasites. Unlike vertebrates that possess ...

These molecules could trap viruses inside a cell

Is that helpful or harmful? Viruses are often used as vehicles for delivery in gene therapy because they're engineered not ...

Specific criteria needed for different types of myeloma

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 8, 2019) - When our plasma cells start producing a ...

Identifying a key player in gut defense development