Tag: Cell Biology

May 14, 2020

Cell-to-cell contact should stall proliferation, but cancer misses the messageCredit: Kissil Lab at Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla.--MAY 14, 2020--Like subway ...

Frankfurt researchers discover potential targets for COVID-19 therapy

May 14, 2020

Cell culture model: several compounds stop SARS-CoV-2 virusCredit: University Hospital Frankfurt A team of biochemists and virologists at Goethe University ...

Virus protein discovery reveals new plant-animal class of cell division disruptors

Credit: IGDB Viruses are ubiquitous pathogens that cause severe infectious diseases in both humans and agricultural crops. As most viruses ...

Missing component of innate immune signaling identified

Credit: © Ella Maru Studio / CeMM How cells recognize pathogens and alert the immune system swiftly is a fundamental ...

A deep look into the gut’s hormones

Credit: Joep Beumer, copyright Hubrecht Institute Researchers from the Hubrecht Institute and Utrecht University generated an in-depth description of the ...

Uncovering how ‘dark matter’ regions of the genome affect inflammatory diseases

Promising new drug target for autoimmune and allergic diseases revealedCredit: The Babraham Institute A study led by researchers at the ...

Color of cells a ‘thermometer’ for molecular imbalance, study finds

Non-invasive color analysis of cells could one day be used in diagnostics, a proof-of-concept study has shownCredit: Research co-author Martin ...

First epigenetic study in 3D human cancer cells

Credit: Eduard Batlle Lab @IRBBarcelona Frequently, promising cancer therapies fail when applied to patients in the real clinical setting. This ...

Assassin cells armed with anticancer drugs kill cancer masses

Credit: Won Jong Kim (POSTECH) There are immune cells in our bodies that directly destroy infected or cancer cells - ...

Developing microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) for inoperable cancer

Credit: Canadian Light Source, University of Saskatchewan SASKATOON - An innovative radiation treatment that could one day be a valuable ...

Mucus breakthrough could help patients breathe easy

A discovery about how mucus thickness is regulated could help to improve airway-clearing treatment options for people with chronic respiratory ...

Tiny RNA that should attack coronavirus diminish with age, disease

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University A group of tiny RNA that should attack the virus causing COVID-19 when ...

Study shows how memory function could be preserved after brain injury

UC Riverside-led study identifies role played by an immune signaling molecule in regulating memory function in the normal and injured ...

New tool helps distinguish the cause of blood clots

A tool that uses machine-learning technology can distinguish the cause of different types of blood clots based on subtle differences ...

A COVID-19 collaboration as big as Texas

Drug discovery researchers from El Paso to Galveston join forces to find new therapeutics to combat the pandemicCredit: Drug Discovery ...

Little skates could hold the key to cartilage therapy in humans

Credit: Andrew Gillis WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Nearly a quarter of Americans suffer from arthritis, most commonly due to the ...

Princeton researcher bringing single-cell gene expression studies to a benchtop near you

Credit: Replogle, et al. By disrupting the expression of a particular gene and observing how this change affects expression of ...

Dock and harbor: A novel mechanism for controlling genes

Credit: Kanazawa University The genetic information within our cells is what makes humans unique. The cell nucleus has a complex ...

Biosynthetic capacity: The key to switch-off cancer stem cells

Credit: (Colorrectal Cancer lab, IRB Barcelona) Barcelona, 12 May, 2020.- Tumours are not a uniform mass of cells. Colon cancers ...

Researchers find protein that helps cancer cells to survive