Tag: Cell Biology

August 14, 2020

UAB and Polish researchers propose that the COVID-19 virus acts as a microRNA "sponge" to deplete miRNA levels in ways ...

UMD discovers a new role for a well-known molecule as a plant hormone

August 14, 2020

Findings have implications for seed production and crop yield and could help rewrite textbooks, translating to practical applications for plant ...

To understand the machinery of life, this scientist breaks it on purpose

By tinkering with some of life's oldest components, a group of astrobiologists hopes to find clues about how life emerged. ...

New tools catch and release molecules at the flip of a light switch

Credit: Video courtesy of the researchers; GIF by Bumper DeJesus A Princeton team has developed a class of light-switchable, highly ...

Becoming a nerve cell: Timing is of the essence

Credit: VIB - Ryohei Iwata Mitochondria are small organelles that provide the energy critical for each cell in our body, ...

The behavior of therapeutic antibodies in immunotherapy

Credit: © Nicolas Reyes Since the late 1990s, immunotherapy has been the frontline treatment against lymphomas where synthetic antibodies are ...

Sustainable nylon production made possible by bacteria discovery

Nylon manufacture could be revolutionised by the discovery that bacteria can make a key chemical involved in the process, without ...

Research gets to the heart of organ shape in nature

Credit: John Innes Centre Researchers have shed fresh light on the evolution and function of the shapes we see in ...

Researchers identify a protein that may help SARS-CoV-2 spread rapidly through cells

Key characteristics of virus could aid in development of treatment for COVID-19Credit: Eric Ross and Sean Cascarina/Colorado State University Eric ...

Study provides insights into how Zika virus suppresses the host immune system

UC Riverside-led research advances vaccine and drug development against the virusCredit: Song lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif -- A research ...

Programmed bacteria have something extra

Rice chemists expand genetic code of E. coli to produce 21st amino acid, giving it new abilitiesCredit: Xiao Lab/Rice University ...

Identifying molecular targets to prevent obesity-induced cardiovascular diseases

University of Houston researcher receives $2.2 million grant from National Institutes of HealthCredit: University of Houston In the early stages ...

The First Cell named LUCA

New Springer book tackles questions around the mystery of the origin of lifeCredit: Springer How did life on earth begin, ...

Secretion of sugar polymers modulates multicellularity in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

Fundamental research in bacterial physiologyCredit: Salim Timo Islam Research by INRS (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique) Professor Salim Timo ...

Rapid Reviews: COVID-19 looks at neurological side effects of COVID-19, vaccines, and more

The new open access journal also looks at antidepressants and risk of death or intubation with COVID-19 and seroprevalence between ...

CNIO and CNIC find clues to clarify why cohesine has a role in cancer and cardiac development

Credit: CNIO Ana Losada, from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), is the scientist who identified cohesin in vertebrates, ...

Recipe for success — interaction proteomics become a household item

Credit: Ella Maru Studio Proteins in human cells do not function in isolation and their interactions with other proteins define ...

Scientists replace malfunctioning ‘vacuum cleaner’ cells linked to neurological disorders

Credit: Image credit: Xu et al, 2020, Cell Reports Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai, China have developed three different ...

SUTD researchers create heart cells from stem cells using 3D printing

Researchers 3D printed a micro-scaled physical device to demonstrate a new level of control in the directed differentiation of stem ...

The structural basis of Focal Adhesion Kinase activation on lipid membranes unravelled