Tag: Cell Biology

Credit: NTU Singapore When the body detects a pathogen, such as bacteria or viruses, it mounts an immune system response ...

Who maintains discipline in a live cell: Physics perspective

Scholars explain the kinetics of distillation in eukaryotic cellsCredit: Igor Kolokolov Italian and Russian researchers confirmed the hypothesis that the ...

The 3Rs of the genome: Reading, writing, and regulating

A new map of protein binding locations in yeast advances understanding of gene regulationCredit: Pugh Lab, Cornell and Mahony Lab, ...

Bacteria know how to exploit quantum mechanics, UChicago study finds

Photosynthetic bacteria adapt to environment by using quantum mechanics to steer energyCredit: Photo by Lawson Lloyd, University of Chicago Photosynthetic ...

Targeting mechanosensitive protein could treat pulmonary fibrosis, study suggests

Study provides evidence that bone marrow cell injections help heal the brain after stroke

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Results of a clinical trial released in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine provide evidence that ...

Study finds brain’s ‘wiring insulation’ as major factor of age-related brain deterioration

Credit: Dr Andrea Rivera A new study led by the University of Portsmouth has identified that one of the major ...

Researchers use silkworm silk to model muscle tissue

Transgenic silk proves to be effective surface for 3D muscle modelingCredit: Matt Jensen News Release -- LOGAN, UT -- Mar. ...

Salk Professor Wolfgang Busch named first incumbent of the Hess Chair in Plant Science

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(March 9, 2021) Salk Professor Wolfgang Busch has been recognized for his contributions and dedication to ...

Multicellular liver-on-a-chip for modeling fatty liver disease

Credit: Khademhosseini Lab (LOS ANGELES) - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most prevalent chronic liver disease worldwide. It ...

Princeton team discovers new organelle involved in cancer metastasis

Princeton cancer researchers discover link between liquid-liquid phase separations and cancer pathologyCredit: Image rendering by Mark Esposito and Gary Laevsky ...

Amyloid plaque mutation map opens new avenues for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, IBEC A study published in the journal eLife made all the possible mutations ...

Making the role of AI in medicine explainable

Analysis system for the diagnosis of breast cancerCredit: Image: Klauschen/Charité Researchers at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and TU Berlin as ...

Injectable porous scaffolds promote better, quicker healing after spinal cord injuries

Hydrogel scaffolds with regularly spaced pores encourage spinal cords cells to grow, improve regeneration of nerve cells.Credit: Seidlits et al. ...

New study highlights first infection of human cells during spaceflight

Credit: Graphic by Shireen Dooling for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Astronauts face many challenges to their health, ...

Complement inhibition reverses mental losses in preclinical traumatic brain injury models

March 8, 2021

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina provide preclinical evidence that mental losses after traumatic brain injury can be ...

Membrane around tumors may be key to preventing metastasis

March 8, 2021

Tough as plastic wrap but elastic like a balloon, the lining could be a target for therapies to limit cancer ...

Study reveals how egg cells get so big

March 5, 2021

Oocyte growth relies on physical phenomena that drive smaller cells to dump their contents into a larger cellCredit: Jasmin Imran ...

New ‘split-drive’ system puts scientists in the (gene) driver seat

March 5, 2021

Researchers develop tunable system that harnesses the spread of cargo carried by gene drivesCredit: Gerard Terradas, UC San Diego Powerful ...

Leading migraine researcher supported by the NIH wins The Brain Prize 2021