A new strategy of cell entry for some types of parvoviruses
Researchers at INRS uncover a new parvovirus strategy for reaching the cell nucleusCredit: INRS Researchers at the Institut national de ...
Tag: Cell Biology
Gruthan Bioscience receives funding to develop a novel class of cholesterol-lowering drugs
Gruthan Bioscience was recently awarded funding to develop a novel class of cholesterol-lowering drugs to treat a rare form of ...
How microbes in a mother’s intestines affect fetal neurodevelopment
In mice, the maternal gut microbiata regulates which genes are activated in the growing brain, UCLA study showsCredit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA ...
Berry good news — new compound from blueberries could treat inflammatory disorders
Scientists show how a polyphenolic compound derived from blueberry can treat inflammatory bowel diseaseCredit: Tokyo University of Science Various plants ...
Alcohol, nicotine mix during pregnancy increases health risk in newborns
Report: Combination increases brain damage and development riskCredit: Houston University of Houston researchers have found that during early pregnancy, the ...
Statins reduce COVID-19 severity, likely by removing cholesterol that virus uses to infect
Analyzing anonymized patient medical records, UC San Diego researchers discovered that cholesterol-lowering statins reduced risk of severe COVID-19 infection, while ...
Likely molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis are revealed by network biology
These molecular insights may foster effective therapies using existing drugs for patients with COVID-19.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Viral and ...
Faulty transportation of messenger RNA is the culprit in ALS
The lack of protein TDP-43 in two neurodegenerative diseases is shown to prevent neuron growth via failed transport of RNA ...
Decreased protein degradation in cerebellum leads to motor dysfunction
Progress in overcoming spinocerebellar ataxia, an intractable genetic diseaseCredit: Associate Professor Takahiro Seki A research team from Kumamoto University, Japan ...
Don’t sleep on the hypnotic potential of thalidomide
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba demonstrate that the hypnotic and teratogenic effects of thalidomide are separableCredit: University of Tsukuba ...
UB biophysicist to explore molecular mysteries of protein-RNA droplets
The research -- supported by $2 million in NIH funding -- will investigate biophysical processes that impact the function of human ...
Exercise hormone may modulate genes associated with replication of novel coronavirus
Brazilian researchers observed that in uninfected adipocytes, the hormone irisin altered the expression of genes that regulate ACE-2, which encodes ...
Divide and enlarge
Credit: Illustration: Robert Grosse/Ulrike Endesfelder By far the most important process in cell development is how cells divide and then ...
The co-occurrence of cancer driver genes, key to precision medicine
Researchers from the Structural Bioinformatics and Network Biology Laboratory at IRB Barcelona develop a system to predict tumour response to ...
Cincinnati Children’s scientists identify hormone that might help treat malabsorption
Human intestinal organoids grown from stem cells used to model congenital disorder in babiesCredit: Heather A. McCauley, PhD/Cincinnati Children's Hospital ...
Diabetes dramatically reduces the kidney’s ability clean itself
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (September 22, 2020) - The kidneys often become bulky and dysfunctional in ...
New national imaging center has potential to transform medicine
Credit: Joseph Kim and Tanner Tenpas, UW-Madison MADISON - A national research initiative announced today will place the University of ...
HHRI awarded continuation of SRTR contract
The Chronic Disease Research Group (CDRG) of the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) has renewed its federal contract to operate ...
CNIO identifies genetic factors associated to hand-foot syndrome in chemotherapy with capecitabine
Credit: CNIO Capecitabine is a chemotherapy drug used for breast and colorectal Cancer cancer. It can extend survival rate by ...
Scientists advance understanding of blood-brain barrier health
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists' finding has implications for brain diseasesCredit: Ben Heithoff et al/Virginia Tech Hard skulls help protect ...
