The sneaky way estrogen drives brain metastasis in non-estrogen-dependent breast cancers
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Triple-negative breast cancers are more likely than other breast cancer types to metastasize and ...
Tag: Cell Biology
High-fat diet and age alter microflora and cause inflammation in heart failure
Experiments with mice show involvement of gut bacteria and spleen in this heart pathologyCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Growing older ...
EMA qualification opinion on cellular therapy module of the EBMT Registry
EBMT receives a regulatory qualification from the European Medicine Agency on the use of its patient registry to support novel ...
Gene transcription machinery constrains DNA movements, study suggests
Credit: Nagashima et al., 2019 Researchers in Japan have discovered that the DNA inside human cells moves around less when ...
Towards a blood test for early-stage liver disease
- Scientists looked for early detection method for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) - Plasma proteins of NAFLD patients were ...
Blood test developed to predict spontaneous preterm birth
Study finds proteins found in blood samples at the end of the first trimester may predict preterm births before 35 ...
Scientists rejuvenate stem cells in the aging brain of mice
Regenerative medicineCredit: University of Luxembourg Luxembourg, 28 February 2019 - Scientists from the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of ...
New device mimics beating heart with tiny pieces of heart tissue
Credit: Fotios Pitoulis Researchers at Imperial College London created a bioreactor to allow heart tissue to experience mechanical forces in ...
Mobile bedside bioprinter can heal wounds
Credit: WFIRM video WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., - Feb. 28, 2019 - Imagine a day when a bioprinter filled with a patient's ...
Unveiling disease-causing genetic changes in chromosome 17
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Potocki-Lupski syndrome is a condition that results from having an extra copy of a small ...
How Capsella followed its lonely heart
Credit: Andrew Davis The Brassicaceae plant family boasts a stunning diversity of fruit shapes. But even in this cosmopolitan company ...
Reduced salinity of seawater wreaks havoc on coral chemistry
North Queensland floods could cause 'freshwater bleaching' of GBRCredit: ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies/Greg Torda New research ...
Turning them on, turning them off — how to control stem cells
Scientists at the University of Bath have identified how a mutant gene in fish is involved in controlling stem cells. ...
‘Mutation hotspot’ allows common fungus to adapt to different host environments
Credit: Bennett Lab/Brown University ROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The fungus Candida albicans is found in the gastrointestinal tract of about half ...
Living together: How legume roots accommodate two distinct microbial partners
A research team including University of Tsukuba identifies a gene that controls how legume roots form biological partnerships with two ...
Researchers identify how metabolites target brain-homing immune cells to treat MS
The discovery could lead to novel, more specific, and more effective MS therapies and a better understanding of how the ...
Cell atlas of the aging lung
Credit: ©Helmholtz Zentrum München The lung is a highly complex organ in which a great number of very different cells ...
Too-tight membrane keeps cells from splitting
Scientists uncover how one protein keeps conditions 'just right' so that cells can easily divide into two identical daughter cellsCredit: ...
Newly identified drug targets could open door for esophageal cancer therapeutics
Researchers block two cancer cell signaling pathways and slow tumor growthCredit: Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Blocking two molecular ...
Montana State team discovers ‘incredibly’ diverse microbial community high in Yellowstone
Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez More than 10 miles into the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park, on the edge ...
