Tag: Cell Biology

Graphical model an advance in common neuroscience bottleneckCredit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech In researching the causes and potential treatments for ...

Genome scalpel invented for industrial microalgae to efficiently turn CO2 into biofuel

Credit: LIU Yang A single-celled alga undergoes genome surgery to remove non-essential parts. This can lead to a most efficient ...

What brings olfactory receptors to the cell surface

"Zip codes" for odor sensors identifiedCredit: Photo: C. Schranner / Leibniz-LSB@TUM A team of scientists led by Dietmar Krautwurst from ...

Stimulating the immune system to fight cancer

Max Planck scientists from Dortmund find immunoregulatory substances with newly developed test systemCredit: @MPI of Molecular Physiology Our immune system ...

Elusive protein complex could hold the key to treating chromosomal disorders

Scientists report on the structural and molecular factors governing the stability of a protein complex involved in DNA repair pathways ...

Scientists shrink pancreatic tumors by starving their cellular ‘neighbors’

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute demonstrated for the first time ...

USC Stem Cell scientists start a buzz around fruit flies in hearing research

Credit: Image by Ismael Fernández-Hernández/Bonaguidi Lab Even though a fruit fly doesn't have ears, it can hear with its antennae. ...

UC-led research looks at alternative to treat eye diseases

Federally funded study says drug delivery for certain common eye diseases could be improvedCredit: University of Cincinnati Getting poked in ...

Study of synapse strength focuses on ‘active zones’

Credit: Littleton Lab/MIT Picower Institute Job descriptions for the thousands of types of neurons in the brain typically include a ...

Double trouble for drug-resistant cancers

Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School SINGAPORE, 16 March 2021 - ETC-159, a made-in-Singapore anti-cancer drug that is currently in early phase ...

The bald truth – altered cell divisions cause hair thinning

Credit: Department of Stem Cell Biology,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify a novel mechanism underlying hair ...

Mitochondria found to be protected by ketogenesis

Credit: Dr. Yuichiro Arima Ketone bodies are generally an alternative energy source during starvation, but in newborns, ketogenesis is active ...

Stem cells derived from fat show promise as a treatment for mass radiation exposure

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Nuclear power offers an efficient, reliable way to provide energy to large populations - ...

Leprosy drug holds promise as at-home treatment for COVID-19