Tag: Cell Biology

Scientists offered a new method for treating leukemia using nanomaterialsCredit: IKBFU Scientists from Scientific and Educational Center «Smart Materials and ...

Compounds from apples may boost brain function

Credit: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Dresden, Germany Natural compounds found in apples and other fruits may help stimulate the ...

Stirring up conflicts in tumour cells

Credit: Gabriele Buechel / University of Wuerzburg Neuroblastomas are malignant solid tumours that occur mainly in early childhood. They arise ...

Protein sequences provide clues to how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells

Credit: Rayne Zaayman-Gallant/EMBL In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was established that SARS-CoV-2 infects cells by binding ...

Tiny population of neurons may have big role in depression

Credit: Phil Jones, freelance photographer A tiny population of neurons known to be important to appetite appear to also have ...

Researchers explore how to protect gut integrity to improve outcomes in blood cancers

Cancer researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center discovered that a single strain of Bacteroides fragilis significantly reduced graft-versus-host disease by ...

Anti-cancer drug’s mode of operation deciphered

Credit: Illustration: Julia Jullesova Rituximab, an anti-cancer drug targeting the membrane protein CD20, was the first approved therapeutic antibody against ...

Really random networks

New mathematical method for generating random connected networksCredit: Szabolcs Horvat et al. 2020 / MPI-CBG / CSBD Many natural and ...

Metabolism: Researchers first to shed light on structure of huge enzyme complex

Credit: Panagiotis Kastritis A new method has enabled the natural structure of particularly large and complex enzymes to be revealed. ...

The chemistry lab inside cells

A research team led by Osaka University has identified the protein used by the body to convert amino acids into ...

Lipid epoxides target pain, inflammatory pathways in neurons

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When modified using a process known as epoxidation, two naturally occurring ...

Function identified of ‘mystery protein’ that kills brain cells of people with Parkinson’s

Scientists have made a 'vital step' towards understanding the origins of Parkinson's Disease - the fastest growing neurological condition in ...

Color is in the eye of the beholder

The evolution of red color vision in lycaenid butterflies linked to coordinated rhodopsin tuningCredit: Image copyright Nanfang Yu (Columbia University). ...

New CRISPR tech targets human genome’s complex code

Rice's programmable CRISPR/Cas9-based kinase offers insights into, control over regulatory histone proteinsCredit: Hilton Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 9, 2021) ...

Early study points to potential therapeutic avenue for a pair of rare pediatric diseases

Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Feb. 9, 2021) -- Scientists have devised a new approach for ...

Unusual DNA folding increases the rates of mutations

Credit: Wilfried Guiblet and Dani Zemba, Penn State DNA sequences that can fold into shapes other than the classic double ...

Children’s finger length points to mothers’ income level

- links with diseases that begin in the wombCredit: John Manning, Swansea University Low-income mothers feminize their children in the ...

Covid-19 vs conservation – how the northern white rhino rescue programme overcame challenges

Credit: www.biorescue.org/Leibniz-IZW The BioRescue research project, a programme aiming at saving the northern white rhinoceros from extinction, exemplifies the challenges ...

Inhibition of the BAF complex causes rapid loss of DNA accessibility

Credit: Bobby Rajesh Malhotra_CeMM When human cells have to adapt due to a wide variety of external influences, the BAF ...

Known tumour suppressor gene found essential for development, regeneration&stress-response