Tag: Cell Biology

Credit: Laura Persat Do bacteria control their "walks" like we do? It might sound strange, but it's a fundamental question. ...

Artificial lung cancer tissue could help find new drug treatments

A new way of growing cancer cells in the lab, developed at U of T Engineering, could speed up the ...

World’s first skin atlas to see the light of day

Credit: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences The skin constitutes the barrier between the body and the ...

New targets for ischemic drugs found

Russian scientists investigated the role of opioid receptors in protecting the heart from coronary disease: the lack of its blood ...

International team of scientists detect cause of rare pediatric brain disorder

A team of American and Canadian scientists lead mutation discoveryCredit: McGill University Health Centre MONTREAL, February 25 2019--An international effort ...

Finnish researchers discover a new form of hereditary osteoporosis

Credit: Outi Mäkitie Lab A research group headed by Professor Outi Mäkitie, University of Helsinki, Finland, identified in families with ...

Lack of diversity in cell lines prevents minorities from accessing ‘precision medicine’

Looking at a sample of 'ethnically diverse' cell lines, a City of Hope researcher found that most were of European ...

How a certain bacterium communicates and makes us sick

BINGHAMTON, NY -- Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have uncovered the unique way in which a ...

Study explores the role of citrus peel in reducing gut inflammation

After years of research, UMass Amherst food scientist zeroes in on powerful interplay between gut bacteria and fruit compoundsCredit: UMass ...

Illinois researchers are first to count growth factors in single cells

Credit: University of Illinois Department of Bioengineering Whether healthy or diseased, human cells exhibit behaviors and processes that are largely ...

Scientists sharpen their molecular scissors and expand the gene editing toolbox

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Feb. 22, 2019 - Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have figured out a better ...

Stopping inflammation from becoming chronic

Jena University pharmacists and international partners present highly sensitive test system for anti-inflammatory drugsCredit: Jan-Peter Kasper/University Jena Drugs such as ...

The research initiative RESTORE Health — therapies that cure

Credit: Schröder/Charité RESTORE is a Europe-wide research initiative with a focus on curing disease rather than treating symptoms. Led by ...

Treatment to a T? Taking a ‘BiTE’ out of lung cancer

Researchers at Osaka University reveal a correlation between the activity of T cells in lung cancer tumors and equivalent activity ...

Chemical added to consumer products impairs response to antibiotic treatment

Triclosan added to toothpaste, mouthwash to kill bacteria inadvertently makes such cells strongerCredit: Petra Levin laboratory, Washington University in St. ...

$1 million award lets UVA open new portal to submicroscopic world

Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System A scientist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has received a ...

New ‘interspecies communication’ strategy between gut bacteria and mammalian hosts uncovered

Study describes molecular language bacteria use to control host genes and developmentCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Bacteria ...

Salk scientists uncover how high-fat diet drives colorectal cancer growth

Experimental drug candidate slows cancer progression in mouse modelCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(February 21, 2018) As cancer death rates drop ...

New mechanisms regulating neural stem cells

Credit: Source: Helmholtz Zentrum München The use of stem cells to repair organs is one of the foremost goals of ...

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