Tag: Cell Biology

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

A molecule derived from a type of primrose could prove to be a potent inhibitor of metastatic growth for a ...

Gut immune cells cut inflammation in multiple sclerosis

Credit: Jim Oldfield Researchers at the University of Toronto and UC San Francisco have discovered that the intestine is the ...

DNA design that anyone can do

Computer program can translate a free-form 2-D drawing into a DNA structure Researchers at MIT and Arizona State University have ...

An errant editing enzyme promotes tumor suppressor loss and leukemia propagation

Credit: National Institutes of Health Writing in the January 3 issue of Cancer Cell, researchers at University of California San ...

Researchers locate the body's largest cell receptor

A giant toadstool that swallow up vitamins and nutrients. This is how the receptor, which e.g. absorbs B12 vitamin, looks. ...

Experimental treatment shows promise against triple-negative breast cancer

Mouse study illustrates potential efficacy of Tinagl1 proteinCredit: Image courtesy of Yibin Kang et al., Princeton University By simultaneously tackling ...

How baby aspirin saves lives (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2019 -- Low-dose "baby" aspirin is rarely given to children anymore. Instead, ...

Fruit flies help to shed light on the evolution of metabolism

Diet choice of animal species is highly variable. Some are specialists feeding only on one food source, such as a ...

A cause of possible genetic problems in mitochondria is revealed

These results can help treat human diseases associated with mitochondrial diseases A group of researchers from the Andalusian Centre for ...

Sex differences identified in deadly brain tumors

Tailoring treatment to men, women may improve survival For decades, scientists have recognized that more males get cancer and die ...

The role of PCSK9 in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

This article by Dr. Eleni Theocharidou et al. is published in Current Pharmaceutical Design, Volume 24 , Issue 31 , ...

NIH study implicates hyperactive immune system in aging brain disorders

Results suggest a breakdown in brain cell waste system triggers a destructive immune reactionCredit: Giniger lab, NIH/NINDS In a study ...

Two possible new ways to treat silent seizures in children

An unexpected brain region is important for Dravet Syndrome, finds study SAN FRANCISCO, CA--January 2, 2019--As early as 3 months ...

Advances in Organic Synthesis (Volume 12)

Atta-ur-Rahman; published on December 8, 2018, Volume 12 Advances in Organic Synthesis is a book series devoted to the latest ...

Phytochemicals in Vegetables: A Valuable Source of Bioactive Compounds

This book is written by Spyridon A. Petropoulos, Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira, Lillian Barros; published on November 15th, 2018 Phytochemicals in ...

New findings on genes that drive male-female brain differences, timing of puberty