Self-Assembly Biomaterial Discovery Enables 3D Printing of Tissue-Like Vascular Structures
An international team of scientists have discovered a new material that can be 3D printed to create tissue-like vascular structures. In a new study published…
Cell Biology
Key Role of a Protein Revealed in Rare Disease in Children That Has No Cure
Canadian scientists take one step closer to a better understanding of Batten disease. Professor Stéphane Lefrançois, a researcher at the Institut National de la Recherche…
Biology Textbooks May Be Wrong: Newly Discovered Driver of Plant Cell Growth Contradicts Current Theories
The shape and growth of plant cells may not rely on increased fluidic pressure, or turgor, inside the cell as previously believed. Rather, a new…
Human ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ Immune Cell Discovered by Scientists
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have identified a rare, new cell in the immune system with “Jekyll and Hyde properties.” These cells play a key…
Too Much Fluoride Causes Defects in Tooth Enamel – Researchers Found Out Why
Changes within enamel cells point to mechanism by which excessive fluoride leads to fluorosis. Exposing teeth to excessive fluoride alters calcium signaling, mitochondrial function, and…
Biologists Baffled by Neuron-Like Activity Detected in an Unforeseen Place
The cells under Sanford M. Simon‘s microscope could easily be mistaken for neurons—they sport the characteristic long branches, and blips of light indicating bursts of…
Massive Genetic Map of Cancer Mutations Cataloged – Available to Doctors and Researchers Worldwide
Mutations in 38 different types of cancer have been mapped by means of whole genome analysis by an international team of researchers from, amongst others,…
Toxic Protein Tau Exposed – Linked to Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Columbia-led team harnesses two powerful technologies to identify promising targets for diagnosing and treating neurodegenerative diseases. The protein tau has long been implicated in Alzheimer’s…
Revitalizing the Aging Brain by Activating Immune Cells
Researchers at Albany Medical College in New York have discovered that a specific type of immune cell accumulates in older brains, and that activating these…
Handheld Bioprinter Treats Severe Burns by ‘Printing’ New Skins Cells Directly Onto Wound
A team of researchers in Canada have successfully trialed a new handheld 3D skin printer, which treats severe burns by ‘printing’ new skins cells directly…
Cancer Cells Can Become Invisible to the Immune System – Here’s How
T cells play a huge role in our immune system’s fight against modified cells in the body that can develop into cancer. Phagocytes and B…
Resetting Our Internal Circadian Clocks May Help Control Diabetes
Researchers from UNIGE and HUG were able to demonstrate the link between disturbances of the circadian clocks in pancreatic cells and type 2 diabetes, then…
Link Between Autism and Cognitive Impairment Identified – May Lead to New Treatments
Mouse study identifies a brain mechanism underlying social deficits and mental disability in a finding that could lead to new treatments. Autism can bestow brilliance…
New Technique to Efficiently Cryopreserve Human Cells for Long Periods of Time
Scientists at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a new technique that allows a type of filter paper (comparable to coffee filter paper) to store cells…
Hundreds of In Vitro Brains Were Grown in a Lab in Italy – Here’s Why
Organoids (In Vitro Brains) to Study Pediatric Brain Tumors A large-scale production of in vitro tumors could make it possible to perform large drug screenings…
Unlocking the Secrets of Organ and Limb Regeneration From a Tiny Salamander’s Genetics
The type of salamander called axolotl, with its frilly gills and widely spaced eyes, looks like an alien and has other-worldly powers of regeneration. Lose…
New Research Shows the Brain May Need Iron for Healthy Cognitive Development
Brain iron levels increase during development; may influence cognitive abilities. Iron levels in brain tissue rise during development and are correlated with cognitive abilities, according…
New Look at Mysterious Large Holes in Cells Involved in Taste, Alzheimer’s, Asthma
Many cells are covered with mysterious large holes, pores that have been associated with the sense of taste as well as Alzheimer’s disease, depression, and…