Nuclear Pore Complex: Cellular Environments Shape Molecular Architecture
Researchers glean a more complete picture of a structure called the nuclear pore complex by studying it directly inside cells. Context matters. It’s true for…
Cell Biology
Heart Clocks: Scientists Uncover a Circadian Rhythm in Heart Cells That Affects Their Daily Function
A new study has shown how circadian rhythms in heart cells help to change heart function over the course of the day and may explain…
Mito Warriors: New Footage Shows T Cell Assassins Hunting Down and Destroying Cancer Cells
Scientists discover how T cell assassins reload their weapons to kill and kill again. Cambridge researchers have discovered how T cells – an important component…
Weighing Cancer Cells To Personalize Drug Choices and Help With Treatment Decision-Making
A new study shows a link between patient survival and changes in tumor cell mass after glioblastoma treatment. Researchers at MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute…
Innovative Experiment Reveals the Complex Dynamics of Stem Cell Tethers and Slings
Molecules move within elongated protrusions to help stabilize migrating cells inside the bloodstream. An innovative experiment design shows, in real time and at the scale…
Regenerating Cells That Propagate Heartbeats
Specialized cells that propagate heartbeats have the capacity to regenerate after birth, study by UT Southwestern scientists shows. Specialized cells that conduct electricity to keep…
New Study Reveals Lung Cell Roles in Pulmonary Immunity – Essential to COVID-19, Pneumonia, Lung Cancer, Asthma and COPD
Findings have implications in understanding, preventing and treating multiple lung diseases. Lung immunity is essential to combat all pulmonary diseases, including COVID-19, pneumonia, lung cancer,…
Scientists Find a New Way To Reverse Immune Suppression in Cancer Tumors
Malignant tumors can enhance their ability to survive and spread by suppressing antitumor immune cells in their vicinity, but a study led by researchers at…
Staying Young: Scientists Discover New Enzymatic Complex That Can Stop Cells From Aging
Scientists in Montreal discover a new enzymatic complex that can stop cells from aging, opening the way to possible new cancer therapies. Researchers at Université…
Immune Cells in the Brain Join Together To Form Networks To Share the Work
This cooperation is impaired in mutations that can cause Parkinson’s disease. To break down toxic proteins more quickly, immune cells in the brain can join…
Stunning Images Captured Using the Glowing Properties of Plant Cells
Scientists have come a long way since Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovered teeming colonies of previously invisible bacteria and protozoa while peering through his custom-made microscopes….
AI May Predict the Next High-Risk Virus To Jump From Animals to Humans
Most emerging infectious diseases of humans (like COVID-19) are zoonotic – caused by viruses originating from other animal species. Identifying high-risk viruses earlier can improve…
How High-Fat Diets Allow Cancer Cells To Go Unnoticed by the Immune System
The immune system relies on cell surface tags to recognize cancer cells. CSHL researchers discovered mice who ate high-fat diets produced less of these tags…
Framework for Engineering Living Cells Inspired by the Math That Describes How Bubbles Form in a Glass of Champagne
Theory of Bubbles Lifts Cell Biology Into a New, More Quantitative Era A study published on September 22, 2021, in the journal Nature details how…
Lab Grown 3D Tumor Models Could Improve Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer
An international team of scientists has created a three-dimensional (3D) pancreatic cancer tumor model in the laboratory, combining a bioengineered matrix and patient-derived cells that…
Scientists Build Embryo-Like Structures From Human Stem Cells
Research on human embryos is vital to understanding the earliest stages of human development. Currently, this research is conducted on surplus embryos willingly donated by…
Several FDA-Approved Drugs Could Be Repurposed To Treat People Infected With COVID-19
Study suggests some medications might inhibit virus replication in human cells. Despite the development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, effective therapeutics are needed until worldwide immunity has…
When Organoids Meet Coronaviruses: Assessing Potential COVID Drug Targets
Researchers from the group of Hans Clevers in collaboration with the group of Bart Haagmans (Erasmus MC) established an organoid biobank to search for the…