Tag: Cell Biology

Credit: Gong Chen Lab, Penn State A simple drug cocktail that converts cells neighboring damaged neurons into functional new neurons ...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The current idea about how tuberous sclerosis occurs places mTORC1, a protein complex that regulates ...

The need to produce just the right amount of protein is behind the striking uniformity of sizes CAMBRIDGE, MA -- ...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 7, 2019--Researchers have shown that targeted silencing of microRNA-132, which ...

Nicotine works inside cells to reinforce addictionCredit: Caltech/Lester laboratory When a person takes a puff on a cigarette, nicotine floods ...

An insufficient amount of sleep and qualitatively poor sleep are common among the general population. Prior studies have indicated that ...

People taking the protein supplement L-norvaline should be aware of its potential for harm, scientists say People taking the protein ...

$250,000 in Vilcek Foundation Prizes awarded to Angelika Amon, Amit Choudhary, Jeanne T. Paz, and Mikhail G. Shapiro The Vilcek ...

Folliculin gene defects are implicated in some forms of infertility, certain cancers and other cell growth disordersCredit: Jennifer Hesson New ...

Credit: Photo: Working groups Becker and Pfanner The research labs of the associate professor Dr. Thomas Becker and Prof. Dr. ...

Credit: University of Basel Tumor cells use a certain type of immune cells, the so-called neutrophils, to enhance their ability ...

Power of cancer immunotherapy expanded by improved antigen presentation Cancer immunotherapy--an approach that removes the barriers that protect cancer cells ...

Jefferson researchers discover potential therapy for major disease symptom PHILADELPHIA - Children with a grave skin disorder known as butterfly ...

Community-developed blueprint of worm metabolism holds promise for greater understanding of agingCredit: Credit: Dr. Laetitia Chauve, Babraham Institute. Key points: ...

This adverse NSAID effect is caused by dysfunctional molecular and cellular mechanismsCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or ...

A team led by researchers from Osaka University find that unlike their unicellular counterparts, aggregated social amoebae need physical contact ...

Vaccines have saved millions of lives, but nobody likes getting a shot. That's why scientists are trying to develop oral ...

Credit: Klefstrom Lab / University of Helsinki MYC, a gene with high cancer-initiating potential, is overexpressed in over 40% of ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new way to prevent and treat Chlamydia, the most common sexually ...

Using a leading-edge technique, researchers define the cell types in both newborn and adult human testes, opening a path for ...