Tag: Cell Biology

Study shows how blood vessels sense the metabolic state of neuronal cellsCredit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, B. Sheikh The ...

Diabetic mice improve with retrievable millimeter-thick cell-laden hydrogel fiber

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) results from an ...

Innovative multiple-organ devices for brain diseases

Researcher Carmen Giordano received 2 more grants totalling €280,000 for her work on the microbiota-gut-brain axisCredit: Politecnico di Milano They ...

Magnetic guidance improves stem cells’ ability to treat occupational lung disease

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Results of a study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) may point ...

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards $3.2 million to top clinical investigators

Credit: Stacey Kratz The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named four new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators. The recipients of ...

Prodigiosin-based solution has selective activity against cancer cells

A new nanoformulation was described by Kazan University's Bionanotechnology Lab in Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyCredit: Kazan Federal University Together ...

Heart attack in a dish: a 3D model

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and Clemson University report that they have developed human cardiac organoids to ...

Transient increase in blood pressure promotes some blood vessel growth

Finding has implications for combating tumor growth and diseaseCredit: Daisuke Yoshino, TUAT Blood vessels are the body's transportation system, carrying ...

Water bacteria have a green thumb

Microbiologists at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (Germany) identify a new type of planktomycete that produces bioactive natural productsCredit: ...

Silicones may lead to cell death

Credit: Radboud University Silicone molecules from breast implants can initiate processes in human cells that lead to cell death. Researchers ...

Plant cell gatekeepers’ diversity could be key to better crops

Credit: Annamaria De Rosa, CoETP Scientists have shed new light on how the network of gatekeepers that controls the traffic ...

Retinitis pigmentosa research probes role of the enzyme DHDDS in this genetic disease

Results show that retinitis pigmentosa 59 may not be a congenital disorder of glycosylation, as was long assumedCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, ...

A novel mechanism that triggers a cellular immune response

Credit: National Cancer Institute Viruses and other disease-causing microbes influence the type of immune response their hosts will develop against ...

Researchers model human stem cells to identify degeneration in glaucoma

Credit: IU School of Medicine More than 3 million Americans have glaucoma, a serious eye condition causing vision loss. Using ...

Researchers identify ‘hot spots’ for developing lymphatic vessels

Experiments on zebrafish: fibroblasts produce important enzyme-processing proteins triggering growth in vesselsCredit: Andreas van Impel When an embryo develops, a ...

Can your gut microbes tell you how old you really are?

Credit: Insilico Highlights: In 2018 scientists from Gladyshev lab specializing in aging research started a collaboration with Insilico Medicine resulting ...

From bacteria to you: The biological reactions that sustain our rhythms

Clues emerge for a potential new treatment for methylation deficienciesCredit: Kyoto University/Jean-Michel Fustin Japan -- Every second of every day, ...

An ion channel senses cell swelling and helps cells to choose a response

Mechanosensitive channel transporting ions induces program of cell suicideCredit: (Washington University in St. Louis) After a dry spell, a rainy ...

Lack of mitochondria causes severe disease in children

Credit: Gustav Mårtensson Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that excessive degradation of the power plants of our ...

Human embryo-like model created from human stem cells