Unlocking the mysteries of chromatin – a mix of RNA, DNA and protein that serves…
Browsing: Cell Biology
Cell Biology is the branch of biology that focuses on the structure, function, and behavior of cells—the fundamental units of life. It investigates how cells grow, divide, communicate, and respond to their environment, offering insights into processes such as gene expression, protein synthesis, and cellular signaling. By studying both single-celled organisms and the specialized cells of multicellular life, researchers uncover the mechanisms underlying health, development, and disease. Advances in cell biology drive breakthroughs in medicine, genetics, and biotechnology. This page highlights the latest research and discoveries shaping our understanding of life at the cellular level.
Uncovered details of a molecular pathway in cancer cells could lead to improved treatment. Targeting…
Researchers from the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell…
How did life arise on Earth? Rutgers researchers have found among the first and perhaps…
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a way to stop…
If certain signaling cascades are misregulated, diseases like cancer, obesity, and diabetes may occur. A…
Yale scientists set out to create a morbidly obese mouse. They failed miserably. What they…
Johns Hopkins researchers report they have demonstrated in mouse tissue grown in the lab that…
Programming the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells has had promising results for treating…
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that a protein called Munc13-4 helps cancer…
Nestled deep in each of your cells is what seems like a magic trick: Six…
Diversity in bacteria — and in all forms of life — ensures the ability to…
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and University of North Carolina, USA, have identified the…
More than 27 million people in the United States are living with type 2 diabetes,…
As people age, their intestinal stem cells begin to lose their ability to regenerate. These…
A new study in the journal Nature Cell Biology has uncovered information about a key…
Whether a worm, a human, or a blue whale, all multicellular life begins as a…
Cells of a zebrafish eye, computationally “exploded.” Video by Liu et al More than 350…