Tag: Cell Biology

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(January 8, 2019) Salk scientist Saket Navlakha has received a CAREER award from the National Science ...

Childhood stress of mice affects their offspring behavior

Russian neuroscientists discovered that the stress experienced by mice during their first weeks of life, affects not only them but ...

Researchers uncover new mechanism of gene regulation involved in tumor progression

Ready, set, go for crossing the barrier for transcription!Credit: CRG, Iris Joval Genes contain all the information needed for the ...

Researcher evaluates estrogen as therapy for knee osteoarthritis

Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- More than 30 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis of the knee, according to the ...

Scientists confirm that chromosomes are formed by stacked layers

Credit: J.R.Daban A new study based on electron microscopy techniques at low temperatures demonstrates that, during mitosis, chromosome DNA is ...

Flies release neuronal brakes to fly longer

A team led by Prof. Gaiti Hasan of NCBS, and her collaborators describe how groups of different neurons connect up ...

Bristol academic awarded prestigious cell biology medal

2019 Hooke MedalCredit: University of Bristol An academic from the University of Bristol's School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine has ...

New CRISPR-based technology developed to control pests with precision-guided genetics

CRISPR-based method sterilizes male insects for population suppression of agricultural pests and disease-carrying mosquitoesCredit: Nikolay Kandul, Akbari Lab, UC San ...

Salk team reveals clues into early development of autism spectrum disorder

Neurons from people with autism exhibit different patterns of growth and develop at a faster rateCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(January ...

New key mechanism of epileptic seizures revealed

Russian scientists investigated the changes in the temporal lobe cortex of a rat brain during prolonged epileptic seizures. Despite the ...

Anxiety-depressive disorder changes brain genes activity

Russian neuroscientists discovered that anxiety-depressive disorder in mice is associated with impaired energy metabolism in the brain. The obtained data ...

First-in-human trial of senolytic drugs encouraging

Small pilot study points to feasibility of larger trials in age-related diseases SAN ANTONIO, Texas, USA -- UT Health San ...

Yeast makes ethanol to prevent metabolic overload

Credit: University of Groningen Why do some yeast cells produce ethanol? Scientists have wondered about this apparent waste of resources ...

CytoReason and Pfizer Inc. sign drug discovery collaboration agreement

CytoReason signs collaboration agreement with Pfizer Inc. to utilize CytoReason's machine learning model of the immune system for drug discovery ...

Scientists call for more diversity in genomic research

A growing number of genomic studies have generated important discoveries regarding human health and behaviour, but new research from the ...

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research funds eight high-risk, high-reward projects

Announcing the inaugural cohort of The Mark Foundation's Emerging Leader Awards NEW YORK, NY -- The Mark Foundation for Cancer ...

Essential amino acid in humans, methionine, controls cell growth programs

A recent study from the Laxman lab at inStem, Bangalore, elucidates how a small metabolite and amino acid, methionine, acts ...

Our bodies may cure themselves of diabetes in the future

Researchers have found that neighbour-cells can take over functions of damaged or missing insulin-producing cells; the discovery may lead to ...

Engineers create an inhalable form of messenger RNA

Patients with lung disease could find relief by breathing in messenger RNA molecules Messenger RNA, which can induce cells to ...

'Christmas berry' plant compound could fight Uveal melanoma