Researchers from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research have uncovered a new protein…
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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.
A team of chemical and biomedical engineers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The…
Unlike cell-based cancer immunotherapies that manipulate immune cells outside of the body and transfer them…
By studying bacteria and yeast, researchers at MIT have discovered that vastly different types of…
A Yale-led research team developed a new RNA therapy, delivered through the nose, to treat…
A MIT study suggests a new method for boosting the growth of blood vessels and…
Scientists from Moscow State University (MSU) working in an international team of researchers identified the…
A team of researchers from the University of Freiburg have discovered how the plant hormone…
Biophysicists from MIPT have studied the structure of a nanofibrous scaffold, as well as its…
One of the biggest obstacles to eradicating malaria is a dormant form of the parasite…
Multicellular organisms like ourselves depend on a constant flow of information between cells, coordinating their…
With their large buck teeth and wrinkled, hairless bodies, naked mole rats won’t be winning…
Simple motion inside biological cells, such as the streaming of cytoplasm – the liquid cell…
How do viruses that cause chronic infections, such as HIV or hepatitis c virus, manage…
DNA is packaged tightly within the cell’s nuclear membranes, which contain channels that regulate the…
All DNA is sealed within the cell’s nuclear membrane, which protects it from molecular marauders.…
One of today’s sharpest imaging tools, super-resolution microscopy, produces sparkling images of what until now…
A new method for monitoring interactions between cells, dubbed LIPSTIC by its creators, is much…