Tag: Cell Biology

March 21, 2019

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about half of all Americans will have periodontal disease at ...

UIC researchers find hidden proteins in bacteria

Science overturns longstanding assumption Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a way to identify the beginning ...

Protein BRCA1 as a stress coach

Credit: Photographs: Christina Klotz, JMUW Anyone who has ever studied the molecular basis of breast cancer will probably have heard ...

Chromatin changes rapidly in response to low oxygen, study finds

A study by the University of Liverpool reveals new insights into how cells respond to oxygen deprivation. Published in the ...

Balance of two enzymes linked to pancreatic cancer survival

In addition to potentially aiding diagnosis and prognosis, finding launches new effort to treat pancreatic cancer by inhibiting one enzyme ...

Children grow in a different way, scientists demonstrate

The discovery may suggest new methods of growth disorder treatment in children An international group of scientists under the supervision ...

Human microbiome metabolites tip the scale in intestinal E. coli infections

Human Organ Chips uncover human microbiome metabolites that enhance colon injury by enterohemorrhagic E. coli in human-mouse comparative studyCredit: Wyss ...

BJC press notice

Paper: Serious Adverse Events in African American Cancer Patients with Sickle Cell Trait and Inherited Hemoglobinopathies in a SEER-Medicare Claims ...

How attention helps the brain perceive an object

Salk scientists find that attention cuts through brain 'noise' that impairs visual perception LA JOLLA--(March 19, 2019) It's easy to ...

Inflammation inhibitor blocks neurodevelopmental disorders in mouse model

Work published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that an enzyme inhibitor developed ...

Ejecting flagella could help microbes save energy during nutrient depletion

Credit: Morgan Beeby, [email protected] In favorable conditions, many bacteria propel themselves to food sources and other sites of interest using ...

Caterina Strambio De Castillia named Imaging Scientist by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

New program supports better tools, increased collaboration between optical engineers and biomedical researchersCredit: UMass Medical School The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ...

Have microscope, will travel: New tech project links Madison, Boston scientists

Credit: Jan Huisken, Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- An invention designed to transform how and where high-powered research microscopes ...

CZI awards $17 million to bring more engineering expertise to biomedical imaging