Tag: Cell Biology

February 4, 2019

Credit: ESRF Some types of cancer cannot be treated with classical chemotherapy. Scientists from Inserm, CNRS, Sorbonne University, PSL university, ...

SFU researchers find new clues to controlling HIV

Credit: SFU The immune system is the body's best defense in fighting diseases like HIV and cancer. Now, an international ...

How plants cope with iron deficiency

Researchers have discovered a new switch that plants use to control their responses to iron deficiencyCredit: HHU / Tzvetina Brumbarova ...

A new toolkit for studying how 'PARP' activity boosts cancers

ADP-ribosylation, a process driven by PARP enzymes, helps some cancers grow and is suspected to be a factor in other ...

The delicate balance of treating growing but brittle bones

Credit: Sato et al., Bone, November 2018 Turning off a bone receptor protein could potentially treat osteoporosis in children without ...

When mucus can be key to treating colon and airway diseases

Researchers have identified proteins that control mucous production and suggest clues to treating colon and airway diseasesCredit: Gerard Cantero -Recasens, ...

NUS study: Nanoparticles may promote cancer metastasis

Findings caution against possible side effects of cancer nanomedicines and other common nanoparticles but paves the way for safer design ...

When neurons get the blues: Hyperactive brain cells may be to blame when antidepressants don't work

Salk study is the first to directly examine cells from patients whose depression doesn't respond to SSRIsCredit: Salk Institute LA ...

Salmon populations may adapt their eggs to survive in degraded rivers

Credit: University of Southampton A University of Southampton study suggests that the membrane of salmon eggs may evolve to cope ...

How the fruit fly got its stripes: Researchers explore precision of embryonic development

Princeton physicists and biologists collaborate to study how cells use molecular information during developmentCredit: Illustration by Mariela Petkova The first ...

Cell lines deserve unique considerations when creating research protections, authors say

Researchers, ethicists urge policymakers to view immortal cells differently from other biospecimens as new rules go into effect ANN ARBOR, ...

Membraneless protocells could provide clues to formation of early life

Credit: Bevilacqua Laboratory, Penn State Membraneless assemblies of positively- and negatively-charged molecules can bring together RNA molecules in dense liquid ...

How the immune system protects us against bowel cancer

Credit: Diefenbach/Charité Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have discovered a protective mechanism which is used by the body to ...

When the structure of tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) challenges the very concept of cell

Credit: (c) Institut Pasteur Cells in our bodies have the ability to speak with one another much like humans do. ...

Scientists shed light on processes behind age-related decline in brain structures

Ageing can cause damage to support cells in the white matter, which in turn may lead to damage in the ...

Commonly used anti-rejection drug could be repurposed to treat some liver cancers

Serendipitous observation opens the door for a precision medicine treatmentCredit: Cell Reports/University of Pittsburgh Research from the University of Pittsburgh ...

An unexpected mode of action for an antibody

Visualizing how some patients successfully fought off deadly coronaviruses could pave the way to combat these respiratory infectionsCredit: Jon Klein ...

UAlberta scientists first to pinpoint a cause of pigmentary glaucoma

Discovery identifies gene that causes common form of blindness worldwide, potentially leading to new treatment for glaucoma.Credit: Jordan Carson An ...

Researchers breathe new life into COPD research using mouse models

Credit: Department of Immune Regulation,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) researchers have shown in mice that immune cells called ...

Highly sensitive method to detect potential cancer biomarker