Tag: Cell Biology

Findings point to targeting epigenome as a potential therapeutic strategyCredit: NIH Common Fund, adapted from National Eye Institute (NEI) researchers ...

Tel Aviv University scientist awarded US patent for novel coronavirus vaccine design

The patent, approved in March, covers a vaccine that targets the most vulnerable point in a coronavirus's structure, through which ...

New insight into how a genetic change increases the risk of schizophrenia

Credit: Lancaster University A genetic change increases the risk of developing schizophrenia and highlights new opportunities for drug treatment say ...

Printed to find a cure

Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski Would you like to be able to find out which antibiotic combination works best for ...

Scientists identify cause of leakiness in eye diseases

Targeting a molecule that contributes to leaky eye vessels, while sparing nerve and blood-vessel cells, could be a safer treatment ...

Developing human corneal tissue

Researchers from Osaka University develop a novel method to isolate human corneal cells for the generation of cell sheets for ...

Nutrient deficiency in tumor cells attracts cells that suppress the immune system

Credit: Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) Some solid tumors have a very high growth rate, which often leads to a ...

New ethane-munching microbes discovered at hot vents

Researchers find deep-sea microbes that feed on ethane and grow them in the laboratory; what is particularly exciting: The mechanism ...

What’s old is new again

Researchers repurpose classic chemotherapy drug to overcome cancer therapy resistanceCredit: Image/Art credit: Mark Miller, Stowers Institute KANSAS CITY, MO--Drug resistance ...

Researchers delay onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in laboratory models

Credit: Courtesy of University of Toronto TORONTO, ON - A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of ...

$3 million NSF grant supports search for heat-tolerant tomatoes

Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett When your tomato plants won't bear fruit during the dog days of summer, a team ...

University of Utah Invests $1.3 million in COVID-19 research, from domestic violence

Credit: Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash (Salt Lake City) - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe, ...

Finding leukemia’s weakness using genome-wide CRISPR technology

Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences A team of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and ...

IKBFU and Chinese scientists invented a new way of creating meat analogs

Worldwide focus meat analogs keeps increasing to start producing vegetable protein non-cholesterol products containing essential amino acids.Credit: Immanuel Kant Baltic ...

Study finds male-female cardiac repair differences in heart failure survival post-MI

University of South Florida-led mouse cardiac healing study may lead to more precise, sex-specific therapies for heart failure, a leading ...

Mysterious tuft cells found to play role in pancreatitis

Salk scientists find that specialized chemosensory cells form during pancreatitis in miceCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(April 17, 2020) Persistent inflammation ...

Histones and their modifications are crucial for adaptation to cell stress

Credit: IRB Barcelona. The genetic material--DNA-- of plants and animals (within the latter humans) is stored inside the cell, and ...

The lipid code

New chemical tools can control the concentration of lipids in living cellsCredit: Schuhmacher et al., MPI-CBG Lipids, or fats, have ...

Co-delivery of IL-10 and NT-3 to enhance spinal cord injury repair

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 17, 2020--Spinal cord injury (SCI) creates a complex microenvironment that ...

New route of assembly and ionic channel traffic in cardiac cells