Tag: Cell Biology

Credit: Kenta Maruyama Various pro-inflammatory cytokines and pathogen-associated molecular patterns such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are known to activate NF-kB. NF-kB ...

Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, July 15, 2020 - Blocking a newly identified "immune memory checkpoint" in immune cells could ...

Editing technique repairs mutant MeCP2 RNA and restores MeCP2 protein functionCredit: Rett Syndrome Research Trust A genomic error that causes ...

Single-nucleus sequencing to undercover cell types at risk of viral infection in the heartCredit: Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) UTICA, ...

Researchers led by Kanazawa University show that messages sent by osteoblasts via extracellular vesicles trigger the formation of mature osteoclasts ...

Credit: LettUs Grow Vertical farms with their soil-free, computer-controlled environments may sound like sci-fi. But there is a growing environmental ...

Component of tissue is shown to limit the amount of scarring after heart attackCredit: Khademhosseini lab (LOS ANGELES) - When ...

Researchers to study the molecular mechanisms that link GERD to Barrett's esophagus and cancerCredit: Baylor Scott & White Research Institute ...

Credit: Zhao, L., Huokko, T., Wilson, S. et al. Biological membranes play important roles in shaping the cell, sensing the ...

A Keck Medicine of USC study reveals that kappa opioids preserved cartilage in joints and eased painCredit: Shutterstock LOS ANGELES ...

Credit: S Sibbald and J Archibald A billion years ago, a single-celled eukaryote engulfed a cyanobacterium--an organism capable of converting ...

Credit: Manuel Saldivia and Andrés Sánchez Scientists say they are a step closer to developing a drug to kill the ...

Credit: National University of Singapore Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there has been a global surge in demand for nasopharyngeal ...

Credit: J. Wollenhaupt/HZB For drugs to be effective, they usually have to dock to proteins in the organism. Like a ...

Biologists from the University of Bayreuth disprove the view that Mauthner cells are unable to regenerateCredit: Image: Alexander Hecker. Biologists ...

A team of researchers led by Osaka University find that adiponectin, a hormone derived from fat cells, improves the efficacy ...

UMass Amherst, Washington University team reveals new mode of channel regulationCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In the molecular-level world ...

Presence of MSH1 gene in plants offers clue for why animal mitochondrial genomes tend to mutateCredit: Dan Sloan/Colorado State University ...

This work is a step forward in understanding early molecular changes that influence the development of addiction, and may have ...

This study was done in mice and with a novel, tissue-engineered, three-dimensional breast cancer mimetic systemCredit: UAB Expansion stress can ...