Tag: Cell Biology

The finding could improve recovery from abdominal and pelvic surgeryCredit: Supplied by Kubes' Lab, Snyder Institute for Chronic Disease, Cumming ...

IU researchers discover new potential for functional recovery after spinal cord injury

Credit: IU School of Medicine Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have successfully reprogrammed a glial cell type in ...

Huntington’s disease driven by slowed protein-building machinery in cells

New study shows that mutant huntingtin protein slows ribosomesCredit: Image by Nicolai Urban of Max Planck Institute for Neuroscience in ...

How bone marrow regenerates after chemotherapy

Researchers from Osaka University identify the molecular mechanism underlying bone marrow regeneration after chemotherapyCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Chemotherapy ...

RCSI researchers discover new way to halt excessive inflammation

Credit: Patrick Bolger DUBLIN, Friday, 5 March 2021: RCSI researchers have discovered a new way to 'put the brakes' on ...

Tracking proteins in the heart of cells

For the first time, a UNIGE team has been able to follow precisely the path taken by a protein within ...

Neural networks need more than neurons, new project posits

Credit: Vincent Breton-Provencher/MIT Picower Institute By encoding a feature of biological intelligence called reinforcement learning, in which we iteratively learn ...

SARS-CoV-2 mutations can complicate immune surveillance of human T-killer cells

Credit: © Laura Alvarez / CeMM The body's immune response plays a crucial role in the course of a SARS-CoV-2 ...

Collagen plays protective role during pancreatic cancer development

Findings suggest the protein helps slow tumor progression, pointing to new cancer therapeutic strategiesCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- ...

Determination of glycine transporter opens new avenues in development of psychiatric drugs

Credit: Azadeh Shahsavar Glycine can stimulate or inhibit neurons in the brain, thereby controlling complex functions. Unraveling the three-dimensional structure ...

Protein discovery could help enable eco-friendly fungicides

Findings explain how plants use RNA to defend against fungal invadersCredit: Nicole Ward Gauthier/University of Kentucky New research reveals an ...

NCI grant enables exploration of cancer-fighting compound isolated from Moroccan fungus

Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 4, 2021) - A compound isolated from a fungus growing on ...

UTA researcher examining potentially less invasive treatment for peripheral artery disease

Nanoparticle delivery offers hope to those with peripheral artery diseaseCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington bioengineer is ...

Sewage-handling robots help predict COVID-19 outbreaks in San Diego

Automated process helps test city sewage for SARS-CoV-2, allowing researchers to forecast the region's caseload one to two weeks ahead ...

New form of symbiosis discovered

Energy-providing bacterial endosymbiont enables its unicellular eukaryotic host to breathe nitrate, demonstrating that unicellular eukaryotes may acquire endosymbionts to complement ...

Key steps discovered in production of critical immune cell

Credit: Courtesy of WEHI WEHI researchers have uncovered a process cells use to fight off infection and cancer that could ...

A Thousand Brains introduces a novel theory of intelligence

A new book by Jeff Hawkins offers implications for AI and for the future of humanity - with foreword by ...

Drug target could fight Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: The University of Queensland Neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease are in the firing line after researchers ...

uOttawa in studies investigating why COVID-19 devastation of long-term care residents

Government of Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force funds $3.5 million University of Ottawa, Bruyère collaboration to research the immune response ...

Funding the future of cancer research