Tag: Cell Biology

March 15, 2019

Vinegar flies process conflicting odors in the brain by impairing the perception of good odors through neuronal interaction with noxious ...

How a mitochondrial enzyme can trigger cell death

Credit: Illustration by Patrick van der Wel and Mingyue Li Cytochrome c is a small enzyme that plays an important ...

What makes a cell turn cancerous?

CHLA researcher receives $1.6M grant to study cellular and genetic changes that underlie retinoblastomaCredit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Retinoblastoma is ...

Engineering living ‘scaffolds’ for building materials

Researchers at Berkeley Lab take cues from nature to form living materials with unprecedented control and versatilityCredit: Berkeley Lab When ...

Researchers find epigenetic loss that changes how cells obtain energy from cancer

Cheap energy for the tumor cellCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA It has been known for decades that cancer cells have an ...

Coveted award underscores the importance of protein folding for cellular heath

Award ceremony for the 2019 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize in the Paulskirche, Frankfurt FRANKFURT am MAIN. Franz-Ulrich Hartl ...

Dorothee Dormann receives award for research on causes of neurodegenerative diseases

The 2019 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young Researchers FRANKFURT am MAIN. Dr. Dorothee Dormann from the Biomedical ...

Research paves the way for next generation of optical tweezers

Credit: David Phillips / University of Exeter Scientists have developed a pioneering new technique that could pave the way for ...

Speed limit on DNA-making sets pace for life’s first steps

Credit: Images courtesy Stanislav Y. Shvartsman Fruit flies make for stingy mothers, imparting only a portion of the genetic building ...

Rice U. study highlights danger of vitamin B12 deficiency

Researchers finds first direct link between low-B12 diet, increased risk of infectionCredit: Natasha Kirienko/Rice University HOUSTON -- (March 13, 2019) ...

Antibody-drug conjugate shows efficacy against cell surface protein in neuroblastoma

CHOP researchers: This first-in-class immunotherapeutic approach could spawn new treatment options for neuroblastoma and other high-mortality childhood cancersCredit: Children's Hospital ...

Preclinical data shows combination immunotherapy could stop liver cancer growth

Even as overall cancer incidence and mortality decrease in the United States, the number of people diagnosed with liver cancer ...

Stress hormones promote breast cancer metastasis

It has long been thought that stress contributes to cancer progression. Scientists from the University of Basel and the University ...

How the heart sends an SOS signal to bone marrow cells after a heart attack

In the SOS response, the bone marrow releases reparative progenitor cells to try to heal the heart.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ...

Discovery of how organs form helps researchers to develop future diabetes treatments

Discovery of how organs form helps stem cell researchers in their quest to develop future treatments of diabetes and cancer ...

Mobilizing the lymphatic system may help combat obesity-induced metabolic syndrome

New mouse model shows enhancing lymph vessel formation via VEGF-D stimulation in obese adipose tissue has beneficial anti-inflammatory and metabolic ...

Researchers explore link between metal exposure and Parkinson’s symptoms

Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - A new study from Iowa State University biomedical researchers illuminates the ...

Hematopoietic stem cells: Making blood thicker than water

Researchers at Osaka University reveal how a regulatory molecule ensures an appropriate supply of blood cells while avoiding the excessive ...

Machine learning tracks moving cells

Scientists can now study the migration of label-free cells at unprecedented resolution, a feat with applications across biology, disease research, ...

Tiny ‘blinkers’ enable simultaneous imaging of multiple biomolecules