Tag: Cell Biology

May 21, 2020

A new paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.Credit: Kazan Federal University As we know, ...

Sex as stress management in microbes

May 21, 2020

Credit: Valerio Vitali Why is sex so popular? The question of why so many organisms reproduce sexually has mystified evolutionary ...

At the crossroads

Scientists investigate epigenetic mechanisms of blood cell differentiationCredit: © MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, C.Pessoa Rodrigues, Freiburg On average, the ...

Researchers reveal origins of complex hemoglobin by resurrecting ancient proteins

Credit: Photo by G. Hochberg. Most biological processes are carried out by complexes of multiple proteins that work together to ...

A new understanding of everyday cellular processes

Credit: University of Warwick We use cells to breathe, to moderate body temperature, to grow and many other every day ...

Physicist to study bacteria undergoing photosynthesis

Nathaniel Gabor's lab develops experiments to bridge vastly different scales of size, energy, and complexityCredit: UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- ...

Deciphering the fine neuroendocrine regulatory system during development

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba discover a regulatory neuroendocrine system that coordinates growth and maturation in a developmental stage-specific ...

Nanobowls serve up chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells

Credit: Nano Letters 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00495 For decades, scientists have explored the use of liposomes -- hollow spheres made of ...

Prellis Bio’s Externalized Human Immune System rapidly generates 300 SARS-CoV2 antibodies

Company pursues treatment and preventative therapies for COVID-19Credit: Prellis Biologics, Inc. HAYWARD, Calif. May 19th, 2020--Prellis Biologics, Inc. today announced ...

Determining the quantity and location of lipids in the brain

Credit: Photo by Della Perrone for the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. Researchers at the Beckman Institute at ...

Protein shapes matter in Alzheimer’s research

Credit: Ashutosh Tiwari/Michigan Tech Sometimes proteins misfold. When that happens in the human brain, the pileup of misfolded proteins can ...

New study confirms important clues to fight ovarian cancer

Researchers examine proteins to identify what is 'broken' in tumor cellsCredit: Lenetstan/Shutterstock RICHLAND, Wash. -- The rogue cellular engine that ...

Subcellular chatter regulates longevity

Lysosome to mitochondria communicationCredit: Raymond Laboy As people get older, they often feel less energetic, mobile or active. This may ...

Why pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is so lethal

Credit: Vakoc lab/CSHL, 2020 Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a deadly cancer, killing patients within a year. CSHL Professor Christopher ...

Rapid screening method targets fatty acids in yeast; Key to sustainable bioproducts

CABBI researchers at Illinois have developed a high-throughput screening tool, a chemical characterization approach based on MALDI-ToF MSCredit: Center for ...

Cervical precancer identified by fluorescence, in a step toward bedside detection

Metabolic and structural changes in the cells are detected by their intrinsic fluorescence, a property that can be measured non-invasively ...

An open-access tool to accelerate drug discovery

Credit: SBNB lab, IRB Barcelona Barcelona, 19 May 2020.- Knowledge of how a molecule interacts with the organism is crucial ...

Image analysis technique provides better understanding of heart cell defects

A new algorithm combines gradient methods with fast Fourier transforms to quantify the organization of cardiac myofibrilsCredit: Brett N. Napiwocki ...

Chemicals often found in consumer products could lead to obesity and fatty liver diseases

While poor nutrition and lack of exercise contribute to obesity, exposure to these compounds could trigger lifelong susceptibility to weight ...

Discovery of a new biomarker for Alzheimer’s sisease (AD)