Tag: Cell Biology

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

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

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

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

Joint press release by Hokkaido University and Keio UniversityCredit: Kimura S. et al., Journal of Experimental Medicine, March 15, 2019 ...

Hepatitis B is a viral liver infection that can lead to acute or chronic conditions. Although there is a vaccine ...

When cancer escapes the immune system, our defenses are rendered powerless and are unable to fight against the disease. Chimeric ...

Scientists have identified key changes in immune cells within cancerous tumours that could help improve the development of treatments. The ...

Credit: The University of Edinburgh Scientists have developed a new imaging technology to visualise what cells eat, which could aid ...

Study finds tert-butylhydroquinone (tBHQ) impairs immune system, may make flu shot less effective Orlando, Fla. (April 7, 2019) - Research ...

Cell, animal studies show potential of capsaicin as lung cancer treatment Orlando, Fla. (April 6, 2019) - Findings from a ...

A gene regulatory multi-tool has yet another functionCredit: Reese Laboratory, Penn State A protein complex that is involved in nearly ...

Researchers find new way to clean up cells; discovery could aid attack on human disease Marie Kondo herself couldn't do ...

In the veins, stem cells constantly mature and develop into different blood cells that are necessary for the body to ...

Findings reveal how plants respond to key nutrient in fertilizer A team of biologists and computer scientists has mapped out ...

New research on the X chromosome from the School of Veterinary Medicine points to an abnormality in the immune system's ...

Credit: Laboratory of Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics at The Rockefeller University There could be new treatments on the horizon for ...

Credit: Jijie Chai Although separated by more than one billion years of evolution, plants and animals have hit upon similar ...

In a new study published in Nature Communications, scientists led by Juana Díez show that the three main stages of ...

Cell biologists show in fruit flies how a protein controls mechanical stress on muscle-tendon attachmentsCredit: S. Lemke et al. Muscles ...