Preventing the production of toxic mitochondrial proteins — a promising treatment target
Researchers at the University of Helsinki uncovered the mechanisms for a novel cellular stress response arising from the toxicity of ...
Tag: Cell Biology
Pioneering study could offer protection to patients with rare genetic disease
Skin cells taken from patients with a rare genetic disorder are up to 10 times more sensitive to damage from ...
MTHFD2 mitochondrial metabolic enzyme maintains cancer stem-like cells
Credit: Kanazawa University An increase in the incidence and mortality rate of cancer has been noted worldwide, especially for lung ...
Dietary fiber helps clump material in your gut
The results may have implications for microbe growth and drug absorption in our bodiesCredit: Image credit: Caltech/Ismagilov Lab/A. Preska Steinberg ...
Native California medicinal plant may hold promise for treating Alzheimer’s
Salk scientists identify possible healing compound in Yerba santaCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(February 20, 2019) The medicinal powers of aspirin, ...
The Mark Foundation funds 14 new cancer innovation projects
$3.4 million in ASPIRE awards announced to support cancer research NEW YORK, NY -- The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research ...
Life-changing magic of tidying up: Complex structures’ organization studied in slime mold
How cells organize into complex structures studied in slime moldCredit: Fujimori et al. 2019, PNAS, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1815063116 Researchers in Japan ...
Cocktail of common antibiotics can fight resistant E. coli
Scientists from DTU have discovered that a combination of two common antibiotics can eliminate multi-drug resistant E. coli causing urinary ...
New therapeutic approach to combat African sleeping sickness
Small inhibitor molecule inhibits parasitic enzyme / Novel concept could also be employed in the future rational design of drugs ...
Vigorous exercise, fasting, hormones improve elimination of toxic, misfolded, unnecessary proteins in mouse and human cells
The body's ability to adapt to changing conditions and shifting physiologic demands is essential to survival. To do so, each ...
Russian researchers made gold nano-stars for intracellular delivery
Credit: Timofey Pylaev et al. Researchers from Russian Academy of Sciences developed a new method for star-shaped nanoparticles synthesis based ...
New insight on potent HIV antibody could improve vaccine design
Early mutation in neutralizing antibody gives it flexibility to adapt to virus's changes DURHAM, N.C. - In the quest to ...
Bat influenza viruses could infect humans
Bats don't only carry the deadly Ebola virus, but are also a reservoir for a new type of influenza virus. ...
Seeing the unseeable
Using crystals to unpick how viruses work Researchers at Cardiff University have used x-ray crystallography and computer simulation to get ...
Preventing 'cell wall remodeling' may hold key to defeating intransigent super bugs
CWRU receives $3.34 million NIH grant to better understand how bacteria resist antibioticsCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine ...
A lack of antibody diversity may make the elderly more susceptible to the flu
Credit: Henry et al./Cell Host & Microbe The influenza vaccine may be less effective in the elderly because their B ...
Suicide system in tuberculosis bacteria might hold key to treatment
Credit: EMBL Hamburg Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide. In 2017, 10 million people ...
Professional societies unveil consortium on sexual harassment in STEMM
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and 52 other leading academic and professional societies announced the creation the Societies ...
3D protein structure reveals a new mechanism for future anti-cancer drugs
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina reveal a novel binding site for a class of anti-cancer drugs known ...
Spare 10 minutes to make science leap forward
New citizen science project From Diamond Light Source seeks to train AI to identify virus particlesCredit: Diamond Light Source, 2019 ...
