Tag: Cell Biology

Credit: Batalov et al., PNAS, 2021 Imagine going to a surgeon to have a diseased or injured organ switched out ...

How cells move and don’t get stuck

Credit: Rädler Lab, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München Cell velocity, or how fast a cell moves, is known to depend on ...

New computational tool reliably differentiates between cancer and normal cells from single-cell RNA-sequencing data

CopyKAT enables researchers to gain new insights when analyzing solid tumor samplesCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON — In an ...

Timing is of the essence when treating brain swelling in mice

NIH study shows specific set of immune cells can harm and also help brain after injuryCredit: Image credit: McGavern Lab/NINDS. ...

Better diet and glucose uptake in the brain lead to longer life in fruit flies

January 16, 2021

Improved neuronal glucose uptake plus healthier eating might have anti-aging effectsCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo ...

Biodistribution of AAV gene transfer vectors in nonhuman primate

January 15, 2021

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 15, 2021--The biodistribution of adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene transfer vectors ...

Basis for the essential cellular powerhouses

January 15, 2021

Credit: Illustration: Nils Wiedemann Mitochondria are vital for the human body as cellular powerhouses: They possess more than 1,000 different ...

Brief encounters: How fleeting protein interactions shape health

January 15, 2021

Credit: University of Leeds The UK's leading scientific academy - the Royal Society - has awarded one of its most ...

Researchers show Irish soil can offer more hope in fight against antibiotic resistance

Scientists make exciting discovery in the quest to discover new antibiotics.Credit: Traditional Medicine Group Scientists who highlighted the bug-busting properties ...

Reverse engineering 3D chromosome models for individual cells

Distant genes can be neighborsCredit: UIC Genome analysis can provide information on genes and their location on a strand of ...

BioRescue two new northern white rhino embryos created at Christmas

Now there are fiveCredit: Rio the Photographer Happy end to a challenging year: Two new northern white rhino embryos created ...

Retinal cell transplant clears experimental hurdle toward treating blindness

Credit: Su, Xinyi Retinal cells derived from adult human eye stem cells survived when transplanted into the eyes of monkeys, ...

Scientists are a step closer to developing ‘smart’ stem cells – made from human fat

These new, adaptive stem cells can lie dormant until needed, a new animal study using human cells shows.Credit: Unsplash A ...

A highly sensitive technique for measuring the state of a cytoskeleton

Credit: Associate Professor Takumi Higaki A research group from Kumamoto University, Japan has developed a highly sensitive technique to quantitatively ...

Shedding light on the secret reproductive lives of honey bees

Credit: Photo by Alison McAfee. Honey bee health has been on the decline for two decades, with U.S. and Canadian ...

Examining therapeutic targets for kidney disease

University of Houston researcher tackles proteins found in diseaseCredit: University of Houston Among the primary forms of kidney disease, focal ...

Rare quadruple-helix DNA found in living human cells with glowing probes

Credit: Imperial College London New probes allow scientists to see four-stranded DNA interacting with molecules inside living human cells, unravelling ...

A niche for the eye

Credit: Image courtesy Ting Xie Lab KANSAS CITY, MO--What if the degenerative eye conditions that lead to glaucoma, corneal dystrophy, ...

A fly’s eye view of evolution

Research team led by Göttingen University investigates molecular basis of eye size variation in insectsCredit: Georg Bullinger The fascinating compound ...

Shine on: Avalanching nanoparticles break barriers to imaging cells in real time