Tag: Cell Biology

Credit: SU Xiaolu Cells are a little easier to understand, thanks to improved technology developed by a team of researchers ...

CSHL President Bruce Stillman wins Heineken Prize

Credit: CSHL Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) President and CEO Bruce Stillman has been awarded the Dr. H.P. Heineken Prize ...

Lab-grown miniature human livers successfully transplanted in rats

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, June 2, 2020 - Using skin cells from human volunteers, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School ...

Development of a novel approach ‘Tracing Retrogradely the Activated Cell Ensemble’

Credit: Nathalie Krauth A major interest in brain research is understanding behavioural experiences at the synaptic and circuit level. However, ...

Human lifelong immunity depends on APRIL

Credit: Department of Pediatrics, Perinatal and Maternal Medicine,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify the protein APRIL ...

Some people are easily addicted to drugs, but others do not

Discovery of a molecular mechanism that causes individual differences in drug addictionCredit: @ Korea Brain Research Institute Korea Brain Research ...

When determining sex, exceptions are the rule

Credit: Jacelyn Shu / Genome Biology and Evolution For nearly a century, biologists have modeled the evolution of sex chromosomes--the ...

A better model for neutrophil-related diseases

Credit: Etienne Meylan, EPFL As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, researchers are turning their attention to the virus' biology, ...

Process behind the organ-specific elimination of chromosomes in plants unveiled

Credit: Dr. Alevtina Ruban/ IPK Whilst we often think of somatic cells in an organism as containing the same DNA ...

Researchers identify a moving target in small cell lung tumors

Credit: University of Utah Health Lung cancers account for approximately 25 percent of all cancer deaths. Even among those who ...

Researchers map SARS-CoV-2 infection in cells of nasal cavity, bronchia, lungs

Major study of coronavirus infection in human airways adds to evidence that wearing a mask is an important protective step ...

A remote control for neurons

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering A team led by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has created a new ...

New biosensor visualizes stress in living plant cells in real time

Nanosensor allows unprecedented access to explore mechanisms related to droughtCredit: Schroeder Lab, UC San Diego Plant biologists have long sought ...

Across the cell membrane

UT San Antonio biophysicist helps elucidate mechanisms of neutral solute carriersCredit: Liao Chen, University of Texas at San Antonio Some ...

Squid studies suggest new route to therapy for ALS, targeting synaptic dysfunction

Credit: Daniel Cojanu WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is one of the most devastating adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases. ...

UTA bioengineer uses NSF grant in novel approach to protein analysis

Iron-detecting nanosensors used to study proteins in bloodCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington bioengineering researcher will use ...

With CPRIT funding, UTA cancer researcher establishes new lab

Dr. Ghose arrived at UTA with established track record in programmed cell death researchCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington ...

Developing a digital holography-based multimodal imaging system to visualize living cells

Credit: Kobe University A research group led by Kobe University's Professor MATOBA Osamu (Organization for Advanced and Integrated Research) has ...

FloChiP, a new tool optimizing gene-regulation studies

Credit: Ricardo Dainese (EPFL) In the cell, proteins often interact directly with DNA to regulate and influence the expression of ...

CeMM study reveals how a master regulator of gene transcription operates