Tag: Cell Biology

February 3, 2021

Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Yasmine Belkaid, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Feb. 3, 2021) -- ...

In vitro study helps explain how Zika virus passes from mother to fetus during pregnancy

February 3, 2021

New research findings correlate with clinical observations of more fetal abnormalities and other Zika-related health problems in late versus early ...

Study finds childhood diet has lifelong impact

February 3, 2021

Effects of unhealthy food followed young mice into adulthoodCredit: UCR Eating too much fat and sugar as a child can ...

Cancer research expands body’s own immune system to kill tumors

Scientists are working to expand the way they have made immune cells fight tumors from a small handful of cancers ...

Venus flytraps found to produce magnetic fields

Physicists use atomic magnetometers to measure the biomagnetic signals of the carnivorous plantCredit: photo/©: Anne Fabricant The Venus flytrap (Dionaea ...

Generation of conjunctivae in a dish

Researchers from Osaka University generate functional conjunctival tissue in a dishCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Conjunctival tissue is perhaps ...

Body and mind: hormones in the brain may explain how exercise improves metabolism

During moderate exercise, the brain's hypothalamus - the region controlling metabolism - releases a hormone linked to obesity resistance, according ...

How plants stabilize their water pipes

New techniques allow live-observation of forming cell walls in the vascular tissueCredit: MPI-MP/ René Schneider Trees are by far the ...

Why it is harder for Brazilians of African descent to find bone marrow donors

According to a study published in Frontiers in Immunology, the reason is their genetic heterogeneity and lack of proportional representation ...

Marine organisms use previously undiscovered receptors to detect, respond to light

Credit: Dror Shitrit/Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology Just as plants and animals on land are keenly attuned to ...

Why antibiotic-resistant cells persist

University of Houston biomolecular engineer receives NSF CAREER award to explore cells that defy efforts to kill themCredit: University of ...

Researchers describe a molecular mechanism involved in the pathology’s neurodegeneration

First step to design new drugsCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Protein alteration in the family of lamins causes several diseases, known ...

Research catches up to world’s fastest-growing plant

Salk researchers discover that miniature aquatic plant provides insight into genome design principles that could enable development of next-generation cropsCredit: ...

Inherited immune condition reversed by random DNA change

Credit: Garvan Institute of Medical Research Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered that three patients with ...

Study finds potential therapeutic targets to inhibit colorectal cancer progression

January 30, 2021

Credit: Atsushi Enomoto Nagoya University researchers and colleagues have revealed that colorectal cancer tissues contain at least two types of ...

Specific bacteria in the gut prompt mother mice to neglect their pups

Salk researchers make unexpected discoveries about how a particular microbe influences animal behaviorCredit: fusebulb/Shutterstock.com LA JOLLA--(January 29, 2021) As scientists ...

How coronavirus damages lung cells within mere hours

Multipronged BU research team finds 18 FDA-approved drugs that could halt coronavirus infection earlierCredit: Courtesy of Hekman, et al. What ...

A small protein in bacteria overlooked up to now

Credit: Grafik: Wolfgang Hess The biological process of photosynthesis is found at the beginning of nearly all food chains. It ...

Scientists spotted RPS-12 protein as a potential target for anti-cancer therapy

Credit: FEFU press office Using the developing eye of the fruit fly as a test platform, researchers found that RPS-12 ...

Singles or pairs in cancer cells