Scientists Seek Innovative Cure for Cancer at the Molecular Level
Jun Huang from the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago examines innovative ways to use immunotherapy to treat disease. A new…
Cell Biology
Hunting for the Immune Cells That Lead to Severe COVID-19
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering researchers point to macrophages. When a virus makes its way into a person’s body, one of the…
Decoding the Nuclear Pore Complex of the Cell, Atom by Atom
Many of us learned the basic cell structure at some point and will recall components like the cell membrane, cytoplasm, mitochondrion, and nucleus. However, the…
Molecular Machines: Bacteria-Killing Drills Get an Upgrade
Molecular machines that kill infectious bacteria have been taught to see their mission in a new light. New nanoscale drills have been developed that are…
Discovery of “Yoyo” Mechanism: Turning X Chromosome “Off and On Again” Critical for Oocyte Development
Discovery of ‘yoyo’ mechanism could pave the way for generating artificial oocytes in the lab. A potential new diagnostic marker that predicts the successful and…
Cells Take Out the Trash Before They Divide To Give Their Offspring a Clean Slate
Cells may use this strategy to clear out toxic byproducts and give their offspring a fresh start. MIT scientists have discovered that before cells start…
Cancer Origin Identified by Scientists Through Cell “Surgery”
Research from the University of Warwick reveals new insights on a key cause of cancer formation during cell division (or mitosis), and points towards potential…
Cellular Dynamics: First Panoramic Spatial Atlases of Life
International scientific consortium, the SpatioTemporal Omics Consortium (STOC), produces the first spatiotemporal maps of cellular dynamics in mice, Drosophila, zebrafish, and Arabidopsis, using BGI-Research’s world-leading…
How Do Genomes Evolve Between Species? The Key Role of 3D Structure in Sperm Cells
A study led by researchers at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Kent uncovers how the genome three-dimensional structure of male…
Getting Sticky With It: PIP2 Discovered To Play a Key Role in Epithelial Cell Adhesion
Phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate (PIP2), a phospholipid, is essential for epithelial cell-cell adhesion and maintaining cellular identity. Body cells in multicellular organisms adhere to one another to…
Genetic Limit on Cell Division Could Explain COVID-19 Deaths Among Elderly
Your immune system’s ability to fight COVID-19, like any infection, largely depends on its ability to replicate the immune cells effective at destroying the SARS-CoV-2…
Biochemists Identify How Genome Organization Influences Cell Fate
University of California Riverside-led study identifies how blood stem cells maintain their fate. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that specify and maintain the identities of the…
Scientists Discover New Electrical Function Performed by Nearly Half of Brain Cells
Surprising research findings in mice could lead to new insights and treatments for a wide range of brain and neurological diseases, from epilepsy to Alzheimer’s….
Death in Darkness: A New Type of Cell Death Mechanism Discovered in Fly Guts
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown type of cell death that takes place in the guts of the common fruit fly. The researchers believe the…
Insights Into the Dynamic Ultrastructure of the Heart – Thanks to New Ultra-High-Resolution Electron Microscopy
What happens below the cellular level when the heart contracts and relaxes has long been unexplored. Thanks to new ultra-high-resolution electron microscopy techniques, scientists can…
Entirely New Immune System Discovered in Bacteria
Like humans, bacteria have various immune systems to defend against pathogens such as viruses. These immune systems usually degrade the DNA of the pathogens to…
Unraveling Stem Cells’ Secrets: Immortality of Germline Cells and the Function of “Junk DNA”
The MIT biologist Yukiko Yamashita’s research has shed light on the immortality of germline cells and the function of “junk DNA.” When cells divide, they…
Higher Blood Fats More Harmful Than Previously Thought – Can Damage Muscle Cells
Increased levels of blood fats in people with type 2 diabetes and obesity are more harmful than previously thought, a new study has found. In…
