Stopping the sickness: Protein may be key to blocking a nauseating bacterium
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have discovered a protein that could be key to blocking the ...
Tag: Cell Biology
Viewing the virus close up
Technology project with Heidelberg participation wants to develop compact cell-imaging for extensive applicationCredit: Venera Weinhardt How do viral pathogens succeed ...
Mysteries of malaria infections deepen after human trial study
Scientists have discovered that tracking malaria as it develops in humans is a powerful way to detect how the malaria ...
New AI-based versatile software for tracking many cells in 3D microscope videos
Automatic tracking of cells in microscope videos will contribute to basic life science research and drug discovery by easily analyzing ...
New clinical trial studies pancreatic cancer tumor traits to uncover better treatments
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer NEW YORK - March 30, 2021 - A new team of pioneering pancreatic cancer researchers ...
Unique AI method for generating proteins will speed up drug development
Credit: Pixabay/Yen Strandqvist, Chalmers University of Technology Artificial Intelligence is now capable of generating novel, functionally active proteins, thanks to ...
Decoding smell
Neural code determines instinctual responses to attractive or aversive odorsCredit: Qiang Qiu, PhD, Stowers Institute for Medical Research KANSAS CITY, ...
New computational models to understand colon cancer
Credit: Steven Offer Although the development of secondary cancerous growths, called metastasis, is the primary cause of death in most ...
First detailed look at crucial enzyme advances cancer research
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University In order to develop more effective drugs against a range of cancers, ...
Plants remember drought
Credit: (Picture: Rainer Hedrich / University of Wuerzburg) "I've been studying how plants regulate their water balance for over 35 ...
MD Anderson’s Guillermina Lozano elected to fellows of the AACR Academy
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON ? Guillermina (Gigi) Lozano, Ph.D., chair of Genetics at The University of Texas MD ...
Optogenetics: Light regulates an enzyme
Credit: (Picture: Shiqiang Gao / University of Wuerzburg) The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has already given research a massive ...
New drug to regenerate lost teeth
Antibody for USAG-1 shown to stimulate tooth growthCredit: Kyoto University/Katsu Takahashi Japan -- The tooth fairy is a welcome guest ...
The Protein Society announces its 2021 award recipients
Credit: The Protein Society The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announces the winners of ...
Inflammation-fighting protein could improve treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. - New research led by scientists at ...
Cells rely on their crampons to avoid slipping
Researchers from UNIGE identified a new function for a protein that helps cells to sense their environment and dock at ...
Researchers discover why cold induces tooth pain and hypersensitivity — and how to stop it
Odontoblasts, the cells that form a tooth's dentin, have a newly discovered function: Sensing cold, which can trigger pain in ...
University of Ottawa receives $9 million from CIHR to track COVID-19 variants of concern
Project spearheaded by Faculty of Medicine researcher to create a Canadian network for better researching and responding to the global ...
Discovery of a third T cell lineage
Credit: (c) Rob Miller, University of New Mexico The immune systems of all vertebrates contain specialized cells, called T cells, ...
Robust cell junctions are critical for maintaining stem cell function
Mechanical instability of adherens junctions overrides intrinsic quiescence of hair follicle stem cellsCredit: Avinanda Banerjee The skin is the largest ...
