Tag: Cell Biology

October 23, 2020

IM30 loses its complex ring structure under stress conditions and forms a protective carpet on the membrane surface / Surface ...

Molecular processes in kidney cells may ‘prime’ diabetics for COVID-19 infection

October 23, 2020

Vulnerable kidney cells undergo similar cellular processes during diabetic kidney disease and COVID-19 infection, potentially explaining why the two illnesses ...

DrugCell: New experimental AI platform matches tumor to best drug combo

UC San Diego researchers use artificial intelligence to predict best approach to treating cancerCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Only ...

‘Mini-lungs’ reveal early stages of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Credit: Jeonghwan Youk, Taewoo Kim, and Seon Pyo Hong 'Mini-lungs' grown from tissue donated to Cambridge hospitals has provided a ...

Lab-grown mini-lungs mimic the real thing – right down to covid infection

Living human lung air sacs in tiny dishes promise to accelerate covid researchCredit: Arvind Konkimalla/Tata lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. ...

New experimental blood test determines which pancreatic cancers will respond to treatment

Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Oct. 22, 2020) -- Scientists have developed a simple, experimental blood ...

New tricks for old antibiotics

Researchers uncovered that a group of antibiotics confers protection against sepsis, beyond their ability to directly control the infectionCredit: ©Joana ...

A promising discovery could lead to better treatment for Hepatitis C

Canadian researchers at INRS have identified a critical role played by a cellular protein in the progression of Hepatitis C ...

Genome archeologists discover path to activate immune response against cancer

Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Parinaz Mehdipour, Dr. Sajid Marhon and Mr. Ilias Ettayebi. (Toronto - Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020) -- ...

How do snakes ‘see’ in the dark? Researchers have an answer

New insights explain how snakes convert infrared radiation into electrical signalsCredit: University of Houston Certain species of snake - think ...

At our cores, we’re all strengthened by ‘dumbbells’

Rice University scientists ID structures of protein-encoding DNACredit: Illustration by Ryan Cheng/CTBP HOUSTON - (Oct. 21, 2020) - How life ...

It’s all about the right balance

Credit: © Anna Liess During cell division specific target proteins have to be turned over in a precisely regulated manner. ...

Cancer-linked enzyme mechanism newly characterized in study

New research on previously undescribed biochemical process could contribute to broader quest toward more-targeted cancer therapiesCredit: Image courtesy Matthew Bochman ...

Cutting cancer off at the head

Osaka City University detects cancer cells in 2ml blood samples and connects them back to their origin tumor -- creating ...

The consequences of mating at the molecular level

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify a novel mechanism by which mating affects the behavior of germline stem cellsCredit: ...

Salk’s Dannielle Engle awarded over $1 million to study tobacco use on pancreatic cancer

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 21, 2020) Salk Institute Assistant Professor Dannielle Engle has been awarded a New Investigator Award ...

Repairing the photosynthetic enzyme Rubisco

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry decipher the molecular mechanism of Rubisco ActivaseCredit: Manajit Hayer-Hartl /MPI of Biochemistry ...

The road to uncovering a novel mechanism for disposing of misfolded proteins

Credit: Sifers lab/PNAS, 2020 About 30 years ago, Dr. Richard Sifers set out on a journey to discover why people ...

How some sea slugs keep their ability to carry out plant-like photosynthesis

Study provides strong evidence of mechanisms in sea slugs that allow them to host and protect chloroplasts ingested from their ...

Nanodevices show how living cells change with time, by tracking from the inside