Velcro for human cells
Credit: Photo: J. Baaske The ability of cells to adhere to each other and to their environment is the basis ...
Tag: Cell Biology
Research confirms nerve cells made from skin cells are a valid lab model for studying disease
Salk and Stanford team shows that induced neuronal cells derived from fibroblasts are similar to neurons in the brain, on ...
Scientists have identified a bone marrow backup system
Credit: Courtesy of Mark Miller, Stowers Institute for Medical Research KANSAS CITY, MO -- New research from the Stowers Institute ...
TGF-beta pathway protects against uterine cancer
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Two new mouse models of uterine cancer shed light on how this disease - the ...
Anticancer drug candidate inhibits lethal aggregation of mutant tumor suppressor protein
Brazilian researchers are the first to demonstrate the action of PRIMA-1 against amyloid aggregates of mutant p53 protein, structure found ...
How Candida albicans exploits lack of oxygen to cause disease
Credit: The image was acquired at the Umeå Core Facility for Electron Microscopy (UCEM) journal MBio, a publication of the ...
Mathematical model can improve our knowledge on cancer
Credit: Ola Joensen It remains unknown how cells "know" which structures to form in order to repair tissue damage: Multicellular ...
Researchers discovered new immune response regulators
The discovery was published in the new iScience journal for interdisciplinary research by Cell Press. The newly discovered regulatory proteins ...
Europe looks to cells for a healthier future
Credit: Agnieszka Rybak Wolf, Lab of Nikolaus Rajewsky at BIMSB / MDC Our body's cells are constantly changing. But which ...
Muscle stem cells can drive cancer that arises in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) LA JOLLA, CALIF. - Jan. 15, 2019 - People with Duchenne muscular ...
Gene-editing tool CRISPR repurposed to develop better antibiotics
MADISON, Wis. -- A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher and his collaborators at the University of California, San Francisco have repurposed ...
A new mechanism helps explain differences between eukaryotic and bacterial proteomes
Credit: Molecular Biology and Evolution What makes distinct species have different proteins? Is there a key that allows eukaryotic cells ...
Longer siesta on bright days
Credit: Image: Charlotte Foerster Increasing sunlight intensity extends the sleep duration and results in a longer midday siesta which delays ...
The algae's third eye
Credit: (Image: Eva Laura von der Heyde) Just like land plants, algae use sunlight as an energy source. Many green ...
Parasites from patients with cerebral malaria stick preferentially in their brains
A team at LSTM with their collaborators in Malawi and Denmark have provided, for the first time, evidence which links ...
VISTA checkpoint implicated in pancreatic cancer immunotherapy resistance
Comparison of pancreatic and melanoma tumors highlights importance of stroma HOUSTON - Researchers have identified a new potential immunotherapy target ...
Powerful microscope captures first image of nanoscaffold that promotes cell movement
Discovery could yield insights into cancer metastasis, wound healing, organ development and more cell-motility-related conditionsCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery ...
Reviewing advanced applications in drug delivery and medicine
This article by Dr. Kumud Joshi et al. is published in Current Drug Delivery, Volume 16 , Issue 3, 2019 ...
Synthes, in silico molecular docking & pharmacokinetic studies
This article by Dr. Navin B. Patel et al. is published in Current Computer-Aided Drug Design Volume 14 , Issue ...
Activated PMN exosomes are pathogenic entities that cause destruction in the COPD lung
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is the fourth-leading cause of death in the worldCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University ...
